E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Crédit Mobilier (French).
A company licensed to take in hand all sorts of trading enterprises, such as railways, and to carry on the business of stock-jobbers. The word mobilier means personal property, general stock, as bien mobilier (personal chattels), mobilier vif et mort (live and dead stock).
