What does holding mean?
Definitions for holding
ˈhoʊl dɪŋhold·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word holding.
Princeton's WordNet
retention, keeping, holdingnoun
the act of retaining something
property, belongings, holdingnoun
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
"that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
Wiktionary
holdingnoun
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
holdingnoun
A determination of law made by a court.
holdingnoun
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
Webster Dictionary
Holding
of Hold
Holdingnoun
the act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining
Holdingnoun
a tenure; a farm or other estate held of another
Holdingnoun
that which holds, binds, or influences
Holdingnoun
the burden or chorus of a song
Freebase
Holding
The holding is a court's determination of a matter of law based on the issue presented in the particular case. In other words: under this law, with these facts, this result.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'holding' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1433
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'holding' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2036
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'holding' in Nouns Frequency: #1985
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of holding in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of holding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of holding in a Sentence
The head of Iowa’s Republican Party does not think Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s lead in polls there will last. Jeff Kaufmann said on Sunday that it’s far too early for the Hawkeye State to have made up its mind. ‘ I don’t see that gap between Gov. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the rest of the candidates, I don’t see that holding where it’s at right now, i think this thing is going to tighten and that it is going to continue to tighten. ’.
In the current highly sensitive situation in the region (where) insecurity has engulfed some countries, the lively holding of the elections of the Assembly of Experts and Majlis (parliament) in a completely calm and orderly atmosphere can serve as a model of democracy for nations.
It's really tough to make money, of the six or seven friends who used to work at the KTV, only two of us are still holding on. Most have gone home.
U.S. producers are holding out, but I think they're bleeding as well, looking at current prices, oil producers will engineer something to push prices higher.
The United States is talking a lot about holding a third US-NK summit meeting, but we are neither pleased nor willing to see a summit like the Hanoi summit reenacted.
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- تحتجزArabic
- podílCzech
- bedriftDanish
- haltenGerman
- κράτημαGreek
- participaciónSpanish
- برگزاریPersian
- omistusosuus, tilalla, omistusFinnish
- possession, en portantFrench
- पकड़ेHindi
- holdingHungarian
- հոլդինգArmenian
- memegangIndonesian
- detenzioneItalian
- הַחזָקָהHebrew
- ホールディングJapanese
- ಹಿಡಿದುKannada
- 보유Korean
- tenensLatin
- bezitDutch
- holdingNorwegian
- trzymaćPolish
- segurandoPortuguese
- deținereRomanian
- владение, холдингRussian
- innehavSwedish
- வைத்திருக்கும்Tamil
- పట్టుకొనిTelugu
- โฮลดิ้งThai
- tutmaTurkish
- проведенняUkrainian
- ہولڈنگUrdu
- giữVietnamese
- האלטןYiddish
- 保持Chinese
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