"parent company" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parent companies [plural]
Etymology: parent + company Etymology templates: {{com|en|parent|company}} parent + company Head templates: {{en-noun}} parent company (plural parent companies)
  1. (business) A company that owns or controls one or more other companies. Categories (topical): Business, Corporate law, Finance Related terms: daughter company, sister company, subsidiary Translations (a company that owns or controls another company): empresa matriu [feminine] (Catalan), 總公司 (Chinese Mandarin), 总公司 (zǒnggōngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 母公司 (mǔgōngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), moderselskab [neuter] (Danish), moederbedrijf [neuter] (Dutch), moedermaatschappij [feminine] (Dutch), emoyhtiö (Finnish), société mère [feminine] (French), Stammhaus [neuter] (German), Mutterfirma [feminine] (German), Dachgesellschaft [feminine] (German), Konzernmutter [feminine] (German), Muttergesellschaft [feminine] (German), Mutterhaus [neuter] (German), Mutterkonzern [masculine] (German), Mutterunternehmen [neuter] (German), Obergesellschaft [feminine] [law] (German), Organträger [masculine] [finance, business] (German), μητρική εταιρεία (mitrikí etaireía) [feminine] (Greek), anyavállalat (Hungarian), холдингтік компания (xoldiñtık kompaniä) (Kazakh), spółka dominująca [feminine] (Polish), spółka matka [feminine] (Polish), matriz [feminine] (Portuguese), основно́е о́бщество (osnovnóje óbščestvo) [neuter] (Russian), хо́лдинговая компа́ния (xóldingovaja kompánija) [feminine] (Russian), casa central (Spanish), moderbolag [neuter] (Swedish), บริษัทใหญ่ (borrísàtyài) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-parent_company-en-noun-pl0qCdBw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business

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      "sense": "a company that owns or controls another company",
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