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variable interest entity


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VIE. A legal business structure which does not have enough capital to support itself due to its lack of equity investors. The financial support for the VIE is provided by an outside source, such as another corporation. A VIE is often created by a corporation to serve as a holding company, which will hold assets or debt.


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