An outside ownership interest in a subsidiary that is consolidated with the parent company for financial reporting purposes. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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An important but non-controlling outside ownership stake in a company or subsidiary. Also used to describe the share of a parent company's net profits or net assets that are attributable to those minority shareholders in partially-owned subsidiaries.
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minority interest UK US noun [C or U]
► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a person or organization that owns fewer shares in a company than the controlling shareholder (= the one who owns the most), or the shares themselves: »
The company holds a minority interest in the network.
► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE in the financial records of a holding company (= a company that owns shares in other companies), the part of the shares that are not owned by the controlling shareholder: »
Our operating profit before tax and minority interest was 18% higher than a year ago.
Financial and business terms. 2012.