CONTROLLING INTEREST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does controlling interest mean? 

• CONTROLLING INTEREST (noun)
  The noun CONTROLLING INTEREST has 1 sense:

1. ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares

  Familiarity information: CONTROLLING INTEREST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTROLLING INTEREST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("controlling interest" is a kind of...):

interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)