finance : Idioms & Phrases


captive finance company

  • noun a finance company owned by a manufacturer to finance dealers' inventories or to make loans to consumers buying the company's products
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commercial finance company

  • noun a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers
    commercial credit company.
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consumer finance company

  • noun a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan
    small loan company.
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corporate finance

  • noun the financial activities of corporation
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finance committee

  • noun a committee appointed to consider financial issues
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finance company

  • noun a financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businesses
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finance minister

  • noun the minister responsible for state finances
    finance minister.
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high finance

  • noun large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical)
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international finance corporation

  • noun a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank
    IFC.
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minister of finance

  • noun the minister responsible for state finances
    finance minister.
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participation financing

  • noun a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone
    loan participation; participation loan.
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sales finance company

  • noun a finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchants
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