holding company

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holding company - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

holding company - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  holding company
      n 1: a company with controlling shares in other companies

holding company - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "holding company":
     Aktiengesellschaft, aktiebolag, 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