parent company

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parent/ˈpeərənt/

▶noun

• 1 a father or mother.

  ■ an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived.

• 2 an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries.

• 3 archaic a forefather or ancestor.

▶verb (often as noun parenting) be or act as a parent to.

– derivatives
parentage noun,
parental adjective,
parentally adverb,
parentcraft noun,
parenthood noun.

– origin ME: from OFr., from L. parent-, parere ‘bring forth’.