parent company

noun

1. a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies ( holding company ).

parent company

noun

1. a company that owns more than half the shares of another company

Word History and Origins

Origin of parent company¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

She joined Essence Ventures, parent company of ESSENCE, as Chief Growth Officer in 2020 from Target Corporation, where she served as Chief Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

From Essence.com

ESPN and its parent company Disney aren’t the only TV network owners trying to balance their books as the profitable pay-TV business gives way to streaming’s tighter margins.

From Digiday

A group of about 230 employees and contractors who work for Google and other parts of its parent company Alphabet launched the Alphabet Workers Union in January to advance worker rights and push progressive causes.

From Washington Post

Starting on May 15, WhatsApp will begin sharing some of its users’ data with its parent company, Facebook to “connect your WhatsApp experiences with other Facebook Company products.”

From Popular-Science

Facebook said that it decided to delay the update so that it could address the “confusion” and “misinformation” about the planned policy change, which has made some users worry that WhatsApp would share more data with its parent company.

From Fortune

Tinder and OkCupid are both owned by IAC, the parent company of The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

Not even after its parent company, the Soviet Union, took a dive in 1991.

From The Daily Beast

A Texas police organization called for a boycott of parent company Time Warner.

From The Daily Beast

The NSA might gain additional latitude when the software it wants to exploit is no longer supported by its parent company.

From The Daily Beast

The parent company of LS Fashion Limited based in America had made a standard loan investment to the UK subsidiary.

From The Daily Beast

They were in the credit account of Gordon and Gordon, every dollar of which justly belonged to the parent company.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile public opinion on this side was far more unfavorable, and the parent company found itself without means or credit.

From Project Gutenberg

He made short-term contracts, and tried in every way to keep control of the whole system in the hands of the parent company.

From Project Gutenberg

Aluminum castings are obtained from the foundry of the parent company, Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin.

From Project Gutenberg

He organized a small group within the parent company, Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin, in 1912.

From Project Gutenberg