parent company

noun

a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).

Origin of parent company

First recorded in 1865–70

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British Dictionary definitions for parent company

parent company

noun

a company that owns more than half the shares of another company

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