holding companies

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• holding companies — A company that usually confines its activities to owning stock in, and supervising management of, other companies. A holding company usually owns a controlling interest in the companies whose stock it holds. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary …   Financial and business terms

• holding company — holding companies N COUNT A holding company is a company that has enough shares in one or more other companies to be able to control the other companies. [BUSINESS] ...a Montreal based holding company with interests in telecommunications, gas and …   English dictionary

• Holding — Hold‧ing [ˈhəʊldɪŋ ǁ ˈhoʊl ] also Holdings noun used in the name of holding companies: • Glaxo Holdings PLC * * * holding UK US /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ noun [C] FINANCE ► assets such as property, shares, or cash that a government, company, or person owns …   Financial and business terms

• Holding company — A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only purpose is owning shares of other companies.… …   Wikipedia

• holding company — Finance. a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company). [1905 10] * * * Corporation that owns enough voting stock in… …   Universalium

• holding company — A corporation that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its Board of Directors. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A company which controls one or more subsidiary companies in which… …   Financial and business terms

• Holding company — A corporation that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * holding company holding company ➔ company * * *    A… …   Financial and business terms

• Holding — Der Begriff Holding ist eine Kurzform für Holding Gesellschaft/Dachgesellschaft oder Holding Organisation und umschreibt keine eigenständige Rechtsform, sondern eine in der Praxis etablierte Organisationsform der Muttergesellschaft von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• holding company — A corporation that controls one or more *subsidiary organizations. Control can be effected through either a majority of *common stock voting rights or through dominance influence on a subsidiary’s management or operating policies. Holding… …   Auditor's dictionary

• holding — hold|ing W3 [ˈhəuldıŋ US ˈhoul ] n something which a person owns, especially land or ↑shares in a company holding in ▪ The government has decided to sell its 21% holding in the firm. land/property/currency etc holding ▪ companies with large… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• holding company — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms holding company : singular holding company plural holding companies business a company that owns the majority of the shares in another company …   English dictionary