holding

hold·ing  (hldng)

n.

1.

a. Land rented or leased from another.

b. Legally owned property, such as land, capital, or stocks. Often used in the plural.

2. holdings The collection of books and other reading materials at a library.

3. Law A court ruling, especially a ruling on a point of law raised in an official proceeding.

4. Sports Illegal use of the arms, hands, body, or playing stick to obstruct the movements of an opponent.

adj.

1. Tending to impede or delay progress: a holding action.

2. Designed for usually short-term storage or retention: a holding tank; a holding cell.

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holding

Noun

1. land held under a lease

2. property to which the holder has legal title, such as land, stocks, or shares

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	holding - the act of retaining something       retention, keeping possession, ownership - the act of having and controlling property withholding - the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control; "I resented his withholding permission"; "there were allegations of the withholding of evidence" storage - the act of storing something
	2.	holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; belongings, property possession - anything owned or possessed material possession, tangible possession - property or belongings that are tangible worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessions - all the property that someone possess; "he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter" ratables, rateables - property that provides tax income for local governments hereditament - any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited intellectual property - intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights) community property - property and income belonging jointly to a married couple personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate) things - any movable possession (especially articles of clothing); "she packed her things and left" immovable, real estate, real property, realty - property consisting of houses and land commonage - property held in common landholding - a holding in the form of land salvage - property or goods saved from damage or destruction shareholding - a holding in the form of shares of corporations church property, spirituality, spiritualty - property or income owned by a church lease, letting, rental - property that is leased or rented out or let trade-in - an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one public property - property owned by a government wealth - property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities heirloom - (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance stockholding, stockholdings - a specific number of stocks or shares owned; "sell holdings he has in corporations" trust - something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary); "he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father"

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holding (often plural)

noun property, securities, investments, resources, estate, assets, possessions, stocks and shares, land interests

Translations

holding [ˈhəuldɪŋ] n (= share) → participación f

holding [ˈhəuldɪŋ] n (= share) → intérêts mpl (= farm); ferme f

holding [ˈhəuldɪŋ] hold n (share) → Anteil m;

(small farm) → Gut nt

adj (operation, tactic) → zur Schadensbegrenzung

holding [ˈhəuldɪŋ] n (= share) → azioni fpl; titoli mpl (= farm); podere m; tenuta