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Parent company

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈperənt ˌkʌmpəni/nounCommon term

In business english, parent company means: A company that owns or controls one or more other companies, which are called its subsidiaries.

In Turkish: ana şirket, çatı şirket

How it is used

Used to explain who owns whom: 'Our parent company is based in Japan', 'the group's parent company'. A parent company may run its own business or simply hold shares, in which case it is often called a holding company.

Example sentences

  1. Investment decisions above 1 million dollars are made by the parent company.

  2. We're a subsidiary, so our results are included in the parent company's report.

Common collocations

  • parent company of
  • owned by the parent company
  • parent company in Germany
  • parent and subsidiary
  • subsidiaryA company that is owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company, but is a separate legal entity.
  • headquartersThe main office of a company or organization, where top management works and the most important decisions are made.
  • shareholderA person or organization that owns shares in a company and therefore owns part of it.
  • board of directorsThe group of people elected by a company's shareholders to oversee its management and make major decisions, such as appointing the CEO.

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