"sister company" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sister companies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sister company (plural sister companies)
  1. (business) A company that shares its parent company with another company. Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: daughter company
    Sense id: en-sister_company-en-noun-dnLSB0eF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11 Topics: business
  2. (nonstandard) A subsidiary. Tags: nonstandard Translations (Translations): søsterselskab [neuter] (Danish), zusterbedrijf [neuter] (Dutch), systerbolag [neuter] (Swedish), systerföretag [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sister_company-en-noun-0FVKG43U Disambiguation of 'Translations': 32 68

Inflected forms

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