parent company

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parent company

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noun parent companies

  1. A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

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noun a company that owns or controls another company

Españolcasa central, compañía matriz, empresa madre
中文總公司 /总公司 zǒnggōngsī, 母公司 mǔgōngsī
Portuguêsmatriz
Françaissociété mère
DeutschStammhaus, Mutterfirma, Dachgesellschaft, Konzernmutter, Muttergesellschaft, Mutterhaus
Ελληνικάμητρική εταιρεία mitrikí etaireía
Русскийосновно́е о́бщество osnovnóje óbščestvo, хо́лдинговая компа́ния xóldingovaja kompánija
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@misc{parent_company_2026,
  title = {parent company},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parent%20company},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}