holding company

English

Noun

holding company (plural holding companies)

(business) a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services
Coordinate terms: parent company, subsidiary

Derived terms

bank holding company
public utility holding company

Translations

company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies

Arabic: شَرِكَة قَابِضَة‎ f (šarika qābiḍa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 控股公司 (kònggǔ gōngsī)
Finnish: holding-yhtiö
French: société faîtière f, société mère (fr) f, holding (fr) m or f
German: Holding-Gesellschaft f

Irish: cuideachta sealbhaíochta f
Japanese: 持株会社 (もちかぶがいしゃ, mochikabu-gaisha), also spelled: 持ち株会社
Korean: 지주회사 (ko) (jiju-hoesa) (持株會社 (ko))
Russian: хо́лдинговая компа́ния f (xóldingovaja kompánija), хо́лдинг (ru) m (xólding), матери́нская компа́ния (ru) f (materínskaja kompánija)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: förvaltningsbolag n, holdingbolag (sv) n

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