finance company

noun

: a company that makes usually small short-term loans usually to individuals

Examples of finance company in a Sentence

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Production is underway in Vancouver on The Marshmallow Experiment, a raunchy coming-of-age comedy from Canadian production and finance company Big Picture Cinema Group. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025 DoorDash announced a partnership with the finance company Klarna to let customers take out loans for food deliveries. German Lopez, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025 The housing finance companies must develop proposals that include digital assets, without requiring borrowers to liquidate them into U.S. dollars prior to a loan closing. Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025 At the time there was a company Altavista that decided to do a private finance company. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for finance company

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of finance company was in 1915

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“Finance company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finance%20company. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

finance company

noun
: a company that specializes in making small loans usually to individuals

Legal Definition

finance company

see company

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