'holding company' definitions:
Definition of 'holding company'
(from WordNet)
noun
A company with controlling shares in other companies
Definition of 'holding company'
From: GCIDE
- holding company \holding company\ n. (Finance) A company that controls other independently incorporated companies by ownership of most or all of their stock, but does not directly control the daily operations of those companies. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'holding company'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aktiebolag,
- Aktiengesellschaft,
- body corporate,
- business,
- business establishment,
- cartel,
- chamber of commerce,
- closed-end investment company,
- combine,
- commercial enterprise,
- compagnie,
- company,
- concern,
- conglomerate,
- conglomerate corporation,
- consolidating company,
- consortium,
- copartnership,
- corporate body,
- corporation,
- diversified corporation,
- enterprise,
- firm,
- growth fund,
- house,
- industry,
- investment company,
- investment trust,
- joint-stock association,
- joint-stock company,
- load fund,
- mutual fund,
- no-load fund,
- operating company,
- partnership,
- plunderbund,
- pool,
- public utility,
- stock company,
- syndicate,
- trade association,
- trust,
- utility