daughter company
noun[C]
ukusacompanythat iscompletelyorpartlyownedby anothercompany:
They have adaughtercompanyin Bulgaria.
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daughter company
The 14 daughter companies in their majority were either acquired or specially established.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The regulatory regimes that apply to daughter companies and integrated providers are quite different.
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Combined with the more liberal supervisory regime, this explains the growing popularity of daughter companies at the expense of integrated ones.
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Integrated insurers are restricted to the exclusive provision of health coverage by law, while daughter companies may offer all kinds of insurance coverage besides health insurance.
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