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A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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a company with controlling shares in other companies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: company
Narrower terms: bank holding company
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Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
شَرِكَة قَابِضَة
(šarika qābiḍa)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Chinese Mandarin:
控股公司
(kònggǔ gōngsī)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Danish:
holdingselskab
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Esperanto:
holdingo
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Finnish:
holding-yhtiö
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Finnish:
hallintayhtiö
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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French:
société faîtière
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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French:
société mère
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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French:
holding
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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German:
Holding-Gesellschaft
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Indonesian:
perusahaan pengendali
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Indonesian:
perusahaan induk
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Irish:
cuideachta sealbhaíochta
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Italian:
holding
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Japanese:
持株会社
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Japanese:
持ち株会社
(mochikabu-gaisha)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Korean:
지주회사
(jijuhoesa)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Polish:
holding
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Romanian:
holding
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Russian:
хо́лдинговая компа́ния
(xóldingovaja kompánija)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Russian:
хо́лдинг
(xólding)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Russian:
матери́нская компа́ния
(materínskaja kompánija)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Spanish:
holding (houldin)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Spanish:
compañía gestora
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Spanish:
compaña tenedora de acciones
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Spanish:
sociedad de cartera
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Spanish:
grupo (financiero/industrial/empresarial)
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Swedish:
förvaltningsbolag
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Swedish:
holdingbolag
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
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Turkish:
holding
— company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies