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parent company

noun
  1. 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
  1. a company that owns more than half the shares of another company
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