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holding company

holding company noun: a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.

Noun

holding company (plural holding companies)

  1. A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.

holding company meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

holding company in Tamil

சார்பு வைப்புக் குழுமம், உடைமை நிறுவனம், உரிமை நிறுவனம்

holding company in Arabic

company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
شَرِكَة قَابِضَة šarika qābiḍa

holding company in Indonesian

company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
perusahaan pengendali, perusahaan induk

Forms of holding company

pluralholding companies

Words formed from holding company

Questions about holding company

What does holding company mean?
Holding company means a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.
What is holding company in Tamil?
Holding company in Tamil is சார்பு வைப்புக் குழுமம், உடைமை நிறுவனம், உரிமை நிறுவனம். See Holding company meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is holding company?
Holding company is a noun.
What is the plural of holding company?
The plural of holding company is holding companies.

Words near holding company in the dictionary

  1. holding cells
  2. holding charge
  3. holding charges
  4. holding cheap
  5. holding companies
  6. holding company
  7. holding court
  8. holding deal
  9. holding deals
  10. holding dear
  11. holding down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holding company (page history and authors); holding company (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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