closed corporation
Definition
A corporation in which all of the voting stock is held by a few shareholders, such as management or family members. also called private company.
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Related terms:
closely held
'closed corporation' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com:
privately held corporation, closely held corporation, open corporation
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