| 单词 | finance company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinance company finance company n. a financial institution that provides loans or arranges credit at interest; (later) esp. one primarily concerned with financing instalment plan or hire purchase transactions (cf. sense 7b(b)); = finance house n. [Originally after French compagnie de finance (1787 in the passage translated in quot. 1787).] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > finance company finance company1787 finance house1847 1787 tr. C. A. de Calonne Speech French King 28 The King's revenue is augmented,..by the renewal of the leases of the different finance companies [Fr. Compagnies de Finance]. 1873 Money Market (ed. 3) xii. 144 Finance companies..undertake to supply cash for the most gigantic undertakings, to make railways, tunnel under mountains, build cities, [etc.] 1915 Chicago Examiner 19 Apr. 15/3 (advt.) Loans on furniture, pianos, etc.; long time; low rates. Chicago Finance Company. 1938 Life 6 June 22/1 Charged with conspiring to monopolize the financing of automobile installment-buying were General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, their affiliated finance companies, and 59 officials. 2006 Financial Times 17 Jan. 42/2 Consumer finance companies fell heavily after a court ruling on Friday that makes it harder for non-banks to charge extremely high interest rates. < as lemmas |
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