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Credit Mobilier

Webster's Dictionary

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 credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Credit Mobilier'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/credit-mobilier.html. 1828.