Definition of holding Holding

/howˈldɪŋ/ - [howlding] - hold•ing

We found 15 definitions of holding from 5 different sources.

What does holding mean?

WordNet

Noun
holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
		property, belongings
		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 the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
		shareholding a holding in the form of shares of corporations
		church property, spiritualty, spirituality property or income owned by a church
		letting, rental, lease the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
		trade-in an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one
		public property property owned by a government
		wealth the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"
		estate extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
		heirloom something that has been in a family for generations
		stockholdings, stockholding ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock; "prohibition of unrestricted intercorporate stockholding"- W.Z.Ripley
holding - the act of retaining something
		retention, keeping
		ownership, possession the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
		withholding the act of deducting from an employee's salary

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Wiktionary

holding (Noun)
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
holding (Noun)
A determination of law made by a court.
holding (Noun)
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
holding (Noun)
That which holds, binds, or influences.
holding (Noun)
The burden or chorus of a song.
holding (Verb)
Present participle of hold.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

holding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hold
holding (n.)
The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
holding (n.)
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
holding (n.)
That which holds, binds, or influences.
holding (n.)
The burden or chorus of a song.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

holding
water, the operation of stopping a boat in her course, by holding the oars in the water and bearing the blade, or flat part, strongly against the current made along-side, by her passing swiftly through the water. See BACK-ASTERN, OAR, and ROWING.