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- Dictionaryholding/ˈhəʊldɪŋ/
noun
- 1. an area of land held by lease.
- 2. stocks, property, and other financial assets in someone's possession: "commercial property holdings"
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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.
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.
See Definitions and Examples. Synonyms for HOLDING: ruling, sentence, finding, verdict, judgement, judgment, decision, doom; Antonyms of HOLDING: real estate, immovables, giving, handing, dropping, unclasping, delivering, releasing.
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
Holding: With Conleth Hill, Pauline McLynn, Demi Isaac Oviawe, Charlene McKenna. Follows PJ Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work.
the act of a person or thing that holds. hold. a section of land leased or otherwise tenanted, especially for agricultural purposes. a company owned by a holding company. Often holdings. legally owned property, especially stocks, bonds, or real estate.
an act of holding with the hand or other physical means: a good hold on the rope. something to hold a thing by: climbing up using the toe holds on the mountainside. something that holds fast or supports something else.
Holding is a four-part television series based on the debut novel of the same name by Graham Norton. It premiered on ITV on 14 March 2022 and on Virgin Media More in Ireland on 12 April 2022.
