holding.
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
Meaning & usage
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
A determination of law made by a court.
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
Logic; consistency.
A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
The burden or chorus of a song.
That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power.
A holding company, or other kind of company.
Where this word comes from
From hold + -ing. The sense "holding company" is from Russian холдинг (xolding), a pseudo-anglicism derived from an ellipsis of holding company.
present participle and gerund of hold
They were caught holding hands in the dark.
Where this word comes from
From hold + -ing. The sense "holding company" is from Russian холдинг (xolding), a pseudo-anglicism derived from an ellipsis of holding company.
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