Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding company

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing -com-pa-ny
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

holding companies (plural)

Phrases

bank holding company public utility holding company

Frequently Paired Words

parent company subsidiary

Questions

What does holding company mean?
A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.

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