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parent company

noun

  1. a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies ( holding company ).


parent company

noun

  1. a company that owns more than half the shares of another company
“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
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of parent company1

First recorded in 1865–70
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People in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after parent company Meta said it faced large fines and "unrealistic" regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities.

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But Rockstar is also known for its perfectionist approach and Straus Zelnick, CEO of parent company Take Two Interactive, previously said each new Rockstar game "needs to be something you've never seen before."

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Sing Tao US wrote in a government filing it is “editorially independent†from its Chinese parent company.

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He exploded at the New York Times for that newspaper’s coverage of Trump’s implied threats against CBS’s parent company, Paramount, that led to executive producer Bill Owens of “60 Minutes†resigning.

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Discovery is the parent company of both Max and Warner Bros.

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