minority-ownedadjective
ukusUS used to describe businesses owned by a member of a minority (= a group whose members are of a different race, or have a different culture or religion to that of most other people in that country):
A quarter of all minority-owned companies are in California.
FINANCE, STOCK MARKET used to describe a company in which there are shareholders who own fewer shares than the controlling shareholder:
It's an independent company, which is minority owned by a publisher.
a minority-owned business/company/firm
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