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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Ownership of a sufficient number of shares of voting stock in a company to control company policy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares
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