parent company

noun
1.
a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
Origin
1865-70
Examples from the web for parent company
  • Requiring that foreign tax credits from dividends paid to a parent company be determined on a pooling basis, not individually.
  • That, along with losses in other investment portfolios, has cut deeply into the parent company's capital reserves.
British Dictionary definitions for parent company

parent company

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