Rule 424(b)(3)
                                            Registration Statement No. 333-27465
                                            Cusip # 12560 Q BE8
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 10,

Dated November 17, 1997, to
Prospectus, dated June 6, 1997 and
Prospectus Supplement, dated June 12, 1997.

                               THE CIT GROUP, INC.
                     (formerly The CIT Group Holdings, Inc.)
                          MEDIUM-TERM FIXED RATE NOTES
                   DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE


(X) Senior Note                     ( ) Senior Subordinated Note

Principal Amount:  U.S. $150,000,000.

Proceeds to Corporation:  99.356% or 149,034,000.

Underwriting Discount:  0.300%

Issue Price:  99.656% or $149,484,000.

Original Issue Date:  November 20, 1997.

Maturity Date:  November 15, 2002.

Interest Rate Per Annum:  6.375%.

Interest Payment  Dates:  Each May 15 and November 15,  commencing May 15, 1998,
         provided  that if any such day is not a Business  Day, the payment will
         be made on the next  succeeding  Business Day as if it were made on the
         date such  payment was due,  and no interest  will accrue on the amount
         payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
         Maturity Date, as the case may be.

         Interest  payments will include the amount of interest accrued from and
         including the most recent  Interest  Payment Date to which interest has
         been  paid (or from  and  including  the  Original  Issue  Date) to but
         excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

The Notes are  offered by the  Underwriters,  as  specified  herein,  subject to
receipt and acceptance by them and subject to their right to reject any order in
whole or in part.  It is expected  that the Notes will be ready for  delivery in
book-entry form on or about November 20, 1997.

                               UBS SECURITIES LLC
                               BZW SECURITIES INC.
                        FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.

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Form:  Global Note.

Specified Currency:  U.S. Dollars.

Trustee, Registrar, Authenticating and Paying Agent:
         The Bank of New York, under Indenture dated as of May 1, 1994 between
         the Trustee and The CIT Group, Inc. (formerly The CIT Group Holdings,
         Inc.) ("the Corporation").

                                  UNDERWRITING


         UBS Securities LLC, BZW Securities Inc., and First Union Capital
         Markets Corp. (the "Underwriters") are acting as principals in this 
         transaction.

         Subject  to the terms  and  conditions  set  forth in a Term  Sheet and
         Agreement dated November 17, 1997 (the "Terms Agreement"),  between the
         Corporation and the Underwriters,  incorporating the terms of a Selling
         Agency Agreement dated May 15, 1996, between the Corporation and Lehman
         Brothers,  Lehman Brothers Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
         (formerly known as CS First Boston Corporation),  Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
         Merrill  Lynch  &  Co.,   Merrill   Lynch,   Pierce,   Fenner  &  Smith
         Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,  Salomon Brothers Inc,
         and UBS  Securities  LLC,  the  Corporation  has  agreed to sell to the
         Underwriters,  and the  Underwriters  have  each  severally  agreed  to
         purchase, the principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite its name
         below:
                                                     Principal Amount of
                  Underwriter                              the Notes
                  -----------                        -------------------
         UBS Securities LLC                              $ 50,000,000
         BZW Securities Inc.                             $ 50,000,000
         First Union Capital Markets Corp.               $ 50,000,000
                                                         ------------
                                                Total    $150,000,000
                                                         ============

         Under the terms and conditions of the Terms Agreement, the Underwriters
         are committed to take and pay for all of the Notes, if any are taken.

         The  Underwriters  have  advised  the  Corporation  that it proposes to
         initially  offer the Notes to the  public at the Issue  Price set forth
         above. After the initial public offering, the public offering price and
         other terms may be changed from time to time.  In  connection  with the
         sale of the  Notes,  the  Underwriters  may be deemed to have  received
         compensation   from  the   Corporation  in  the  form  of  underwriting
         discounts,  and the Underwriters may also receive  commissions from the
         purchasers of the Notes for whom it may act as agent.  The  Underwriter
         and  any  dealers  that   participate  with  the  Underwriters  in  the
         distribution  of the Notes may be  deemed to be  underwriters,  and any
         discounts or commissions  received by them and any profit on the resale
         of the  Notes by them may be  deemed to be  underwriting  discounts  or
         commissions.

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         The Notes are a new issue of  securities  with no  established  trading
         market. The Corporation currently has no intention to list the Notes on
         any  securities  exchange.  The  Corporation  has been  advised  by the
         Underwriters that they intend to make a market in the Notes but are not
         obligated to do so and may  discontinue  any market  making at any time
         without  notice.  No assurance  can be given as to the liquidity of the
         trading market for the Notes.

         The  Corporation  has  agreed to  indemnify  the  Underwriters  against
         certain liabilities,  including liabilities under the Securities Act of
         1933, as amended.





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