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holding

  • noun
  • hold·ing
  • hōldʹ-ĭng

Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.

Other meanings

  1. A determination of law made by a court.

  2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.

Synonyms

  • property

Related words

  • holding time
  • handholding
  • bag of holding
  • be left holding the baby
  • blanch holding
  • blench holding
  • breath-holding
  • cross holding
  • cross-holding
  • holding action
  • holding cell
  • holding charge

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “holding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.