holdinghold‧ing /ˈhəʊldɪŋ $ ˈhoʊl-/ noun [countable] 
The government has decided to sell its 21% holding in the firm.land/property/currency etc holding companies with large property holdings
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- David stood at the end of the bed, holding baby Paul.
- Employment for agricultural labourers was correspondingly limited, and by no means all holdings were too small for subsistence.
- It must be borne in mind that more copper equates to more adhesive holding the copper foil on to the glass fibre panel.
- Joan did the laundry, washing up, and housework holding her with one arm.
- Long pole holding back maggots good.
- Part-time farming tends to be concentrated in DRAs where small, often non-viable holdings predominate.
- The offenders's accomplice stood at the door holding what appeared to be a shotgun.
- They tried to intimidate me by holding on to the furniture.
WORD SETS
above the line, adjectiveabsorption rate, acceptance sampling, accountant, nounaccount balance, accounting, nounaccounting rate of return, accrued cost, accrued income, accumulation unit, acid ratio, actual price, A/D, adjustable peg, nounADR, nounadvancer, nounAER, aftermarket, nounAGI, aging schedule, agio, nounAICPA, allottee, nounallowable, adjectivealternative investment, amortizable, adjectiveannual earnings, annual income, annual value, annuity, nounappraiser, nounappropriate, verbappropriation, nounappropriation account, arb, nounas at, prepositionas of, prepositionasset, nounasset backing, asset shuffling, nounasset stripping, nounasset-stripping, verbasset turnover, asset value per share, Association for Payment Clearing Services, nounassured value, at best, adverbat call, adverbaudit, verbauditor, nounauditor's report, auto-financing, adjectiveaverage stock, backdate, verbbackup withholding, nounbackwardation, nounbad debt recovery, bail-out, nounbalanced fund, balance sheet, nounBaltic Exchange, nounbankroll, nounbase rate, nounbasis point, bed-and-breakfasting, nounbellwether, nounbelow the line, adjectivebeneficial owner, best efforts, adjectivebeta coefficient, nounbid and asked, adjectivebill rate, Black Friday, nounBlack Thursday, nounBlack Tuesday, nounBlack Wednesday, nounblank transfer, bond, nounbond fund, bond premium, bookbuilding, nounbook debt, book entry, book-keeper, nounbook-keeping, nounbottom fisher, nounbought deal, bourse, nounbreakeven, nounbreak-up value, buildings and contents insurance, buoy, verbbuoyancy, nounbuoyant, adjectivebusiness angel, nounbusiness entity, business manager, buyback, nounbuy-in, nounbuying power, buying price, buy limit order, buy order, buyout, nouncabinet bid, callable, adjectivecallable fixture, nouncap and collar, nouncapital appreciation, capital asset pricing model, capital charge, capital dilution, nouncapital equipment, capital flow, nouncapital gain, capital invested, nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative investment, squeeze, verbstk., stockbrokerage, nounstock count, nounstockholding, nounstock parking, nounstock valuation, stop order, straight line, adjectivestructural analysis, sublet, verbsubsidize, verbsubsidy, nounsubvention, nounsum of the digits, nounsundries account, super voting rights, sustainability index, swaption, nounsystematic risk, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical correction, technicals, nountenant at sufferance, nountenant at will, nountenant for years, nountenant in common, nounterm, nountippee, nountipper, nountip sheets, nountotal, verbtrading loss, trading profit, transfer, verbtransfer agent, transfer register, trigger point, triple-A, adjectivetriple-witching, nountrue and fair view, nountrust, nountrust company, trustee, nountrusteeship, nountrust fund, nounturnover ratio, undercapitalized, adjectiveundercharge, verbunderfunded, adjectiveunder-investment, noununderreport, verbundervalued, verbunderwriting power, unearned income, ungeared, adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY companies with large property holdingsCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The group are holding two tourists hostage (=keeping them as hostages). I’m holding you personally responsible for this mess!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
companies with large property holdings The group are holding two tourists hostage (=keeping them as hostages). I’m holding you personally responsible for this mess!· And he's got quite a big holding in the group - he sold out in return for stock.· Some of its biggest holdings are non-U.
· The risk that payments might exceed existing money holdings for some unforeseen reason could prove very embarrassing.
· They relate in fact much more closely to economic and agricultural units, albeit often within larger estates and holdings.· Companies with large property holdings, like oil and gas corporations, want the consumption taxes because those represent tax breaks.· The larger the holding and the stronger the soil, the wider your choice.· Most insurance companies have large holdings of bonds.· Trim back especially large holdings in any one stock.· He permitted landlords to retain large holdings, so that little acreage was available for distribution.
· The difference is that you were left holding the baby.· Rain saw only that he got there first and Harbury was left holding out the wine glass.
· Production even on the smallest holdings had trebled and the work load had soared.· Most farmers were now independent owner-farmers with small holdings.· Swaps that deal brokers out of small share sales Share exchanges are an increasingly popular alternative for investors to selling small holdings.· So far your facts are correct, I've flogged a few of my small holdings.· A small holding force of Empire troops was swept aside and the Orc army descended into the plains of Averland.· It rolls up people's small holdings and sells them in bulk.· In those days they were small holdings.· Some past investments in Scotch have exposed small holdings which lacked expert advice.
NOUN· Similar consent provisions may be contained in the financing arrangements of the vendor's shareholders and ultimate holding company.· The substantial Royal Nederland former subsidiary used to be audited as part of Royal International, the holding company.· Will state holding companies be needed?· Hanson, the industrial holding company, announced it had sold almost half its stake in packaging-to-adhesives group Wassall.· One way would be to form a holding company to which both banks would issue shares in proportion to their shareholders' funds.· The holding company form has been used to provide a buffer between the state enterprises themselves and political direction by the state.
· We are currently considering how the benefits of fund holding can be extended and will make an announcement in the new year.· Any rally will be undermined by corporate investors redeeming mutual fund holdings, Subramanian said.· There's no point in the fund holding system unless there is a two tier system.· The fund holding surgery can by-pass the health authority and buys services direct from hospitals.· It will invite expressions of interest in fund holding, which will be available from April 1993.
· He held on to her, stroking the poor little bony hand holding fast to his.· He descended the stairs slowly in the dark, his hand holding tightly on to the banister rail.
· In all, the Las Vegas-based Hughes' land holdings have a potential for 14. 2 million square feet.
· Bring 15 stitches at both side edges to E holding position.· A Hawaiian at low level, holding position at the edge of the window.· Silver recommend bringing both edge needles to the holding position and having one holding lever set to hold and one to knit.· To weave in the yarn, bring all needles to holding position.
· Thus those who have substantial property holdings will receive the highest economic rewards and enjoy superior life chances.· Companies with large property holdings, like oil and gas corporations, want the consumption taxes because those represent tax breaks.· The figure compares with a survey in May when 12% said they intended to increase their property holdings.
· In purchasing costs, stock holding and direct production costs.· Magellan cut its tech stock holdings to 24. 5 percent of the portfolio from 43. 2 percent in November.· Our historical cost loss of £xxx million was recorded after stock holding losses of £xxx million.· It must turn easily, be safe and carry a sufficient stock holding.· The company has been forced to sell land and stock holdings to recoup some of the shortfall.
VERB· To take advantage of the high rate of return on securities, people buy them now instead of holding on to their money.· Putting it together Having bought a potentially viable holding, you must plan a programme for working it up to meet your aspirations.
· You might use such money to buy or lease land, and so increase the holding you had inherited.· The electronics retailer said shareholders will have the option of selling their stock or increasing their holdings to 100 shares.· It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years.· Companies want to encourage smaller investors, instead of big institutions, to increase their holdings.· The figure compares with a survey in May when 12% said they intended to increase their property holdings.
· Also, great changes had taken place - or were about to take place - which would reduce appreciably colonial holdings.· He speculated that Magellan has reduced its technology holdings by about half.· Buying any of these reduces his holdings of money.· Disposals reducing holdings below any of those thresholds also have to be notified.· The increasing acquisition of land by large institutions reduces the number of holdings.· As time went on, the ITA/IBA tried to reduce press holdings.
· In either event, small shareholders should think carefully before selling any holding.· He had known for months that Minorco wanted to sell its holdings but had been slow to accommodate it.· Talc Technology has recently sold a majority holding to Ivernia West for £125,000.· I told Alexander that several Arabs had sold massive holdings of gold, for which they received dollars.· At the same time the Finance Ministry had started to sell its holdings of foreign securities in order to finance imports.· Swaps that deal brokers out of small share sales Share exchanges are an increasingly popular alternative for investors to selling small holdings.· The same assembly also forbade peasants to sell the holdings on which the bulk of their dues were assessed.
WORD FAMILYnounholdholderholdingverbhold
something which a person owns, especially land or shares in a companyholding in The government has decided to sell its 21% holding in the firm.land/property/currency etc holding companies with large property holdings