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0 a company that owns enough shares of another company to control it:
Mutuals delivered better returns than proprietary companies.
1 in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, a type of limited company (= one whose owners only have to pay part of the money they owe if it fails). Proprietary companies have the letters Pty after their name.