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HOLDING COMPANY (7,7)

holding company  

holding company - n 
a company with controlling shares in other companies 

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A holding company is a business entity—usually a corporation or limited liability company (LLC). Typically, a holding company, or "Holdco", doesn’t manufacture anything, sell any products or services, or conduct any other business operations. Rather, holding companies hold the controlling stock in other companies.

Although a holding company owns the assets of other companies, it often maintains only oversight capacities. So while it may oversee the company's management decisions, it does not actively participate in running a business's day-to-day operations of these subsidiaries.

A holding company is also sometimes called an "umbrella" or parent company.

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