holding company

English

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 or offering services

   Coordinate terms: parent company, subsidiary

Derived terms

• bank holding company
• public utility holding company

 

Translations

company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies

• Arabic: شَرِكَة قَابِضَة f (šarika qābiḍa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控股公司 (kònggǔ gōngsī)

• Finnish: holding-yhtiö
• French: société faîtière f, société mère (fr) f, holding (fr) m or f
• German: Holding-Gesellschaft f
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• Irish: cuideachta sealbhaíochta f
• Japanese: 持株会社 (もちかぶがいしゃ, mochikabu-gaisha), also spelled: 持ち株会社
• Korean: 지주회사 (ko) (jiju-hoesa) (持株會社 (ko))
• Russian: хо́лдинговая компа́ния f (xóldingovaja kompánija), хо́лдинг (ru) m (xólding), матери́нская компа́ния (ru) f (materínskaja kompánija)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: förvaltningsbolag n, holdingbolag (sv) n