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the amount of a company's shares that a person or organization owns: holding in sth He is considering selling his 28% holding in the company. increase/raise/build up a holding The Chairman bought a further 80,000 shares, increasing his holding to 20.3%.
The meaning of HOLDING is land held especially by a vassal or tenant. How to use holding in a sentence.
contain, hold, accommodate mean to have or be capable of having within. contain implies the actual presence of a specified substance or quantity within something. the can contains a quart of oil. hold implies the capacity of containing or the usual or permanent function of containing or keeping.
A holding operation or action is a temporary one that is intended to keep a situation under control and to prevent it from becoming worse. A garden is, at best, a holding operation against nature. More Synonyms of holding
to keep someone in a place so that they cannot leave: hold someone in custody The police are holding several people in custody (= at the police station) for questioning. hold someone hostage The terrorists held him hostage for 18 months. be held prisoner I was held prisoner in a tiny attic room. More examples.
Definitions of holding. noun. the act of retaining something. synonyms: keeping, retention. see more. noun. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone. synonyms: belongings, property. see more.
Therefore it takes most of its meaning from the word that follows it. 1. verb [no cont] Hold is used with words and expressions indicating an opinion or belief, to show that someone has a particular opinion or believes that something is true. He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own.
