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Webster 1913 Edition
Holding
Hold′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
2.
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
3.
That which holds, binds, or influences.
Burke.
4.
The burden or chorus of a song.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Holding note
(Mus.)
, a note sustained in one part, while the other parts move.
Webster 1828 Edition
Holding
HOLDING
,ppr.
HOLDING
,Noun.
1.
The burden or chorus of a song.2.
Hold; influence; power over.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
holding (plural holdings)
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
- 2009, The Economist, Law and order in Italy: Trouble with figures
- Italy's right-wing prime minister was about to cure his biggest headache by selling the state's holding in a troubled airline, Alitalia.
- 2009, The Economist, Law and order in Italy: Trouble with figures
- A determination of law made by a court.
- A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, V. i. 3:
- Take again / From this my hand, as holding of the Pope / Your sovereign greatness and authority.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, V. i. 3:
- (obsolete) That which holds, binds, or influences.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, IV. ii. 27:
- This has no holding, / To swear by him whom I protest to love / That I will work against him.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, IV. ii. 27:
- (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, II. vii. 109:
- Make battery to our ears with the loud music; / The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. / The holding every man shall beat as loud / As his strong sides can volley.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, II. vii. 109:
Coordinate terms
- (determination): finding
Translations
something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
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determination of law by court
Usage notes
- In texts about Russia, it is not uncommon that "holding" (a back-translation from the Russian loanword "холдинг") is used in the sense of a holding company or any company in general.
Verb
holding
- present participle of hold
- They were caught holding hands in the dark.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
Derived terms
Terms derived from holding (verb)
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