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)
- 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.
- (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
- (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
- (obsolete, rare) That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power.
- (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
- present participle and gerund of hold
Derived terms
Anagrams
- hodling
French
Pronunciation
Noun
holding m or f (plural holdings)
- 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)
- holding company
Polish
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from holding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɔl.diŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɔldiŋk
- Syllabification: hol‧ding
Noun
holding m inan (related adjective holdingowy)
- holding company (company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services)
Declension
Further reading
- holding in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- holding in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- holding in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English holding.
Pronunciation
Noun
holding m (invariable)
- holding company
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French holding, from English holding.
Noun
holding n (plural holdinguri)
- holding company
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxoldin/ [ˈxol̪.d̪ĩn]
- Rhymes: -oldin
- Syllabification: hol‧ding
Noun
holding m (plural holdings)
- holding company
Further reading
- “holding”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Turkish
Etymology
From English holding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔl.diɲɟ/
Noun
holding (definite accusative holdingi, plural holdingler)
- holding company