holding company

English

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Noun

holding company (plural holding companies)

1. (business) A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies as opposed to producing goods and services.

Derived terms

• bank holding company
• public utility holding company

Translations

company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies

• Arabic: شركة قابضة (ar) (šarika qābiḍa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控股公司 (cmn) (kònggǔ gōngsī)

• Finnish: holding-yhtiö (fi)
• French: société faîtière (fr) f, société mère (fr) f, holding (fr) m and f

• German: Holding-Gesellschaft (de) f
• Japanese: 持株会社 (ja) (もちかぶがいしゃ, mochikabu-gaisha), also spelled: 持ち株会社 (ja)
• Korean: 지주회사 (ko) (jiju-hoesa) (持株會社 (ko))
• Russian: холдинговая компания (ru) (xóldingovaja kompánija) f , холдинг (ru) (xólding) m , материнская компания (ru) (materínskaja kompánija) f 
• Swedish: förvaltningsbolag (sv) n, holdingbolag (sv) n

Coordinate terms

• parent company
• subsidiary