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special-purpose vehicle en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A legal entity (usually a limited company or a limited partnership) created to fulfill narrow, specific or temporary objectives, typically used for taxation benefits or to reduce financial risks.
    • The family's business empire is considering backing a special purpose vehicle set up by Forest Road to take a majority stake in OnlyFans that could value the business at as much as $7bn. 2025 August 2, Oliver Barnes, Daniel Thomas, “Billionaire Reuben brothers in talks to invest in consortium chasing OnlyFans”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

Forms

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special-purpose vehicles Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

vehicle · entity

Relateds

SPV

Synonyms

SPE · special-purpose entity

wikidata: Q231842