holding

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: hōldʹ-ĭng, IPA(key): /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈhəʉɫdɪŋ] (UK) IPA(key): [ˈhəʊɫdɪŋ] (US) IPA(key): [ˈhoʊɫdɪŋ] Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ Hyphenation: hold‧ing === Noun === holding (plural holdings) Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds. A determination of law made by a court. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. (obsolete) Logic; consistency. (sports) A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick. (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song. (obsolete, rare) That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power. (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)). ==== Coordinate terms ==== (determination): finding ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: holding ==== Translations ==== === Verb === holding present participle and gerund of hold === Derived terms === === Anagrams === hodling == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === holding m or f (plural holdings) holding company === Further reading === “holding”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English holding. === Noun === holding f (invariable) holding company == Polish == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from holding. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɔl.diŋk/ Rhymes: -ɔldiŋk Syllabification: hol‧ding === Noun === holding m inan (related adjective holdingowy) holding company (company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === holding in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN holding in Polish dictionaries at PWN holding in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English holding. === Pronunciation === === Noun === holding m (invariable) holding company === Further reading === “holding”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French holding, from English holding. === Noun === holding n (plural holdinguri) holding company ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxoldin/ [ˈxol̪.d̪ĩn] Rhymes: -oldin Syllabification: hol‧ding === Noun === holding m (plural holdings) holding company === Further reading === “holding”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Turkish == === Etymology === From English holding. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔl.diɲɟ/ === Noun === holding (definite accusative holdingi, plural holdingler) holding company ==== Declension ====