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parent company

American

noun

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

parent company British

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of parent company

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Polymarket has a data partnership with Dow Jones, the parent company of MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

This week: Google’s parent company announced an unexpected move to raise $80 billion for their AI ventures.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

That includes a pending $110 billion acquisition by CBS’s parent company of the equally struggling entertainment giant Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

UFC and parent company TKO Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

My team and I persuaded Darden Restaurants, the parent company behind chains like Olive Garden and Red Lobster, to make changes to the kinds of food it offered and how it was prepared.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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