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noncontrolling en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + controlling.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not controlling (especially of a stake in a company).
    • Honda, which has been selling 1,000 natural gas Civics a year — about 60 percent at retail and the rest to corporate or government fleets — owns a noncontrolling stake in FuelMaker. 2007 February 18, Jim Motavalli, “A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage”, in New York Times:
    • Noncontrolling Methods to Get Children to Change Behavior 1989, Thomas Gordon, Teaching children self-discipline--at home and at school: