wholly-owned subsidiary
noun [C] FINANCEDefinition
› a company whose shares are all owned by another company: Under terms of the merger agreement, Learning Co. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Broderbund. → See also partly-owned subsidiary
(Definition of wholly-owned subsidiary noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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