Meanings
nounholding company (plural holding companies)
plural holding companies
- businessA company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.
Translations
Arabic شَرِكَة قَابِضَة
- شَرِكَة قَابِضَة (šarika qābiḍa)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Chinese Mandarin 控股公司
- 控股公司 (kònggǔ gōngsī)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Danish holdingselskab
- holdingselskabcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Esperanto holdingo
- holdingocompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Finnish holding-yhtiö, hallintayhtiö
- holding-yhtiöcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- hallintayhtiöcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
French société faîtière, société mère
- société faîtièrecompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- société mèrecompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- holdingcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
German Holding-Gesellschaft
- Holding-Gesellschaftcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Indonesian perusahaan pengendali, perusahaan induk
- perusahaan pengendalicompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- perusahaan indukcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Irish cuideachta sealbhaíochta
- cuideachta sealbhaíochtacompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Italian holding
- holdingcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Japanese 持株会社, 持ち株会社
- 持株会社company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- 持ち株会社 (mochikabu-gaisha)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Korean 지주회사
- 지주회사 (jijuhoesa)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Polish holding
- holdingcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Romanian holding
- holdingcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Russian хо́лдинговая компа́ния, хо́лдинг
- хо́лдинговая компа́ния (xóldingovaja kompánija)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- хо́лдинг (xólding)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- матери́нская компа́ния (materínskaja kompánija)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Spanish holding (houldin), compañía gestora
- holding (houldin)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- compañía gestoracompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- compaña tenedora de accionescompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- sociedad de carteracompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- grupo (financiero/industrial/empresarial)company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Swedish förvaltningsbolag, holdingbolag
- förvaltningsbolagcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
- holdingbolagcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Turkish holding
- holdingcompany whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies
Cite this entry
APA
holding company. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holding%20company
MLA
“holding company.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holding%20company. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holding company,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holding%20company.
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