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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The holding of a fund. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A former system of state funding of general practitioners in which they were allocated a budget for services by the local hospital. UK, countable, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From fund + holding.

Related phrases

general practitioner

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