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Holding
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
"Although this survey lists only a small number of representative materials in the Hoover Library's Baltic Collection, a comprehensive view of the library's holdings can be gained from the Hoover Institution's card catalog or its printed equivalent"
- 2 the act of retaining something wordnet
- 3 A determination of law made by a court.
- 4 something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone wordnet
- 5 A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
"Take again From this my hand, as holding of the Pope Your sovereign greatness and authority."
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- 6 Logic; consistency. obsolete
"This has no holding, To swear by him whom I protest to love That I will work against him."
- 7 A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
- 8 The burden or chorus of a song. obsolete
"Make battery to our ears with the loud music; The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. The holding every man shall beat as loud As his strong sides can volley."
- 9 That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power. obsolete, rare
"This is one of the principal holdings of that destructive system, which has endeavoured to unhinge all the virtuous, honourable, and useful connexions in the kingdom."
- 10 A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)). nonstandard
- 1 present participle and gerund of hold form-of, gerund, participle, present
"They were caught holding hands in the dark."
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