partly-owned subsidiary

noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

› a company of which some of the shares are owned by a larger company: It is a partly-owned subsidiary of the largest telecommunications company in Canada.

→ Compare wholly-owned subsidiary

(Definition of partly-owned subsidiary noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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