wholly-owned
adjective/ˌhəʊlli ˈəʊnd/
/ˌhəʊlli ˈəʊnd/
(business)- used to describe a company whose shares are all owned by another company
- The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large multinational.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWholly-owned is used with these nouns:- subsidiary
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