D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Crédit mobilier

/(m?`b?`ly?")/ · Cré·dit· mo·bi·lier · IPA
01 A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, …
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    A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.