子会社(こがいしゃ)

こがいしゃ
noun
subsidiary, subsidiary company
1. subsidiary, subsidiary company
A company that is controlled by another company (the parent company), typically through majority ownership of its shares. The parent company is called 親会社.
子会社(こがいしゃ)を設立(せつりつ)する。
To establish a subsidiary.
あの会社(かいしゃ)は大手(おおて)メーカーの子会社(こがいしゃ)だ。
That company is a subsidiary of a major manufacturer.
親会社(おやがいしゃ)が経営(けいえい)不振(ふしん)になり、子会社(こがいしゃ)も売却(ばいきゃく)されることになった。
The parent company fell into financial trouble, and the subsidiary was to be sold off as well.

USAGE:
A business term using the metaphor of parent and child: 親会社(おやがいしゃ) (parent company) and 子会社(こがいしゃ) (child company / subsidiary). There is also 孫会社(まごがいしゃ) (grandchild company), a subsidiary of a subsidiary.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 子会社(こがいしゃ)を設立(せつりつ)する: to establish a subsidiary
  • 完全(かんぜん)子会社(こがいしゃ): wholly owned subsidiary
  • 連結(れんけつ)子会社(こがいしゃ): consolidated subsidiary
  • 子会社(こがいしゃ)化(か)する: to make into a subsidiary

RELATED TERMS:
親会社(おやがいしゃ) (parent company), 関連(かんれん)会社(がいしゃ) (affiliated company), 孫会社(まごがいしゃ) (sub-subsidiary).

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