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parent company

parent company noun: a company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

Noun

parent company (plural parent companies)

  1. A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

parent company meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Thai

parent company in Tamil

தாய் நிறுவனம்

parent company in Indonesian

a company that owns or controls another company
perusahaan induk

parent company in Thai

a company that owns or controls another company
บริษัทใหญ่ borrísàtyài

Forms of parent company

pluralparent companies

Origin of parent company

From parent + company.

Questions about parent company

What does parent company mean?
Parent company means a company that owns or controls one or more other companies.
What is parent company in Tamil?
Parent company in Tamil is தாய் நிறுவனம். See Parent company meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parent company?
Parent company is a noun.
What is the plural of parent company?
The plural of parent company is parent companies.

Words near parent company in the dictionary

  1. parent bug
  2. parent bugs
  3. parent class
  4. parent classes
  5. parent companies
  6. parent company
  7. parent compound
  8. parent compounds
  9. parent drug
  10. parent drugs
  11. parent language

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parent company (page history and authors); parent 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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