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special-purpose vehicles

special-purpose vehicles is the plural of special-purpose vehicle.

Meaning of special-purpose vehicle

Noun

special-purpose vehicle (plural special-purpose vehicles)

  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

Questions about special-purpose vehicles

What is special-purpose vehicles the plural of?
Special-purpose vehicles is the plural of special-purpose vehicle.

Words near special-purpose vehicles in the dictionary

  1. special-cases
  2. special-casing
  3. special-purpose entities
  4. special-purpose entity
  5. special-purpose vehicle
  6. special-purpose vehicles
  7. Speciale
  8. specialed
  9. specialer
  10. specialers
  11. Speciales

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