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

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, f
German: Holding-Gesellschaft 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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