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holding company

noun

Finance.
  1. a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (parent company ).



holding company

noun

  1. a company with controlling shareholdings in one or more other companies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

holding company

  1. A company that controls other companies.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of holding company1

First recorded in 1905–10
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The case against him centred over allegations that he had been involved in the selection of executives on a newly-created state holding company when he was chancellor, as opposed to being merely kept informed.

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After pulling the plug on the Paramount sale, mogul Shari Redstone made it known that she would entertain offers for her family holding company, National Amusements Inc., that controls Paramount’s voting shares.

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MrBeast’s holding company, Beast Industries, which employs more than 400 people, made $473 million in revenue last year, according to Business Insider.

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The controversy has clouded Paramount Global Chairwoman Shari Redstone’s plans to sell Paramount, and her family’s holding company, to David Ellison and his Skydance Media.

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Its holding company entered administration in September and restructuring expert Russell Downs was appointed to run the business and find a new owner.

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