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controlling interest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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conˌtrolling ˈinterest noun [countable usually singular]  BFSif you have a controlling interest in a company, you own enough shares to be able to make decisions about what happens to the company 〔对一家公司的〕控股权益controlling interest in The firm paid over $10 million for a controlling interest in five hotels. 这家公司斥资一千多万美元买下了五家酒店的控股权。
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controlling interestLate in 1886, the Charles Harrahs, father and son, bought a controlling interest.All of these are projects in which the government holds a controlling interest and in which it has a strong commercial partner.Not a controlling interest, then, but a powerful one.That will be harder to bear if there is little hope of a controlling interest in the near future.Host Marriott Corp. said it will pay $ 112. 5 million to acquire controlling interest in five hotels.Carl Zeiss has a 51 percent controlling interest in the new company.Or they could have sold that controlling interest to some one else - heaven help us!Controlling aggregate demand through controlling interest rates is made even more difficult as a result of fluctuations in the demand for money.
From Longman Business Dictionarycontrolling interestconˌtrolling ˈinterest [countable]FINANCE enough shares to control a companyHe bought a controlling interest in the firm. interest
Corpus if a Business you have controlling interest in


controlling interest
conˌtrolling ˈinterest noun [countable usually singular]
if you have a controlling interest in a company, you own enough shares to be able to make decisions about what happens to the company
    controlling interest in
    The firm paid over $10 million for a controlling interest in five hotels.


controlling interestBrE /kənˌtrəʊlɪŋ ˈɪntrəst/ 🔊NAmE /kənˌtroʊlɪŋ ˈɪntrəst/ 🔊BrE /kənˌtrəʊlɪŋ ˈɪntrest/ 🔊NAmE /kənˌtroʊlɪŋ ˈɪntrest/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] the fact of owning enough shares in a company to be able to make decisions about what the company should do 控制股权