holding

English Online Dictionary. What means holding‎? What does holding mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hōldʹ-ĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˈhəʉɫdɪŋ]
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈhəʊɫdɪŋ]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈhoʊɫdɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ
• Hyphenation: hold‧ing

Noun

holding (plural holdings)

1. Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
2. A determination of law made by a court.
3. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
4. (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
5. (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
6. (obsolete, rare) That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power.
7. (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).

Coordinate terms

• (determination): finding

Descendants

• → Polish: holding

Translations

Verb

holding

1. present participle and gerund of hold

Derived terms

Anagrams

• hodling

French

Pronunciation

Noun

holding m or f (plural holdings)

1. holding company

Further reading

• “holding”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English holding.

Noun

holding f (invariable)

1. holding company

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English holding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔl.diŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɔldiŋk
• Syllabification: hol‧ding

Noun

holding m inan

1. (business) holding company

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• holding in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• holding in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English holding.

Pronunciation

Noun

holding m (invariable)

1. holding company

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French holding, from English holding.

Noun

holding n (plural holdinguri)

1. holding company

Declension

Spanish

Noun

holding m (plural holdings)

1. holding company

Further reading

• “holding”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

From English holding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔl.diɲɟ/

Noun

holding (definite accusative holdingi, plural holdingler)

1. holding company

Declension