See Also: BHW Holding(finance)
HOLDING OVER(law)
LP HOLDING S.A.(finance)
holding(dictionary)
W Holding(finance)
IDB Holding(finance)
holding(dictionary)
Holding the market(finance)
Holding Period(law)
KANTONE HOLDING(finance)

holding (iou)



holding noun. ME.
[from HOLD verb + -ING1.]
I.
The action of HOLD verb. Also foll. by adverb. ME.
b. spec. The tenure of land. LME.
c. Consistency. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Something which holds or lays hold; an attachment; a means of influencing. L18.
II.
An opinion held, a tenet. Now chiefly US Law, a ruling on a point of law. LME.
The burden of a song. L16-E17.
a. Property held, esp. stocks or shares. L16.
b. Land held by legal right. M17.
smallholding.
c. The hand held by a card-player. E20.
Comb.: holding company a company created to hold the shares of other companies, which it then controls; holding ground a bottom in which an anchor will hold; anchorage (lit. & fig.); holding operation a manoeuvre designed to maintain the status quo; holding paddock Austral. & NZ a paddock where sheep or cattle are kept until required for droving etc.; holding pattern a flight path maintained by an aircraft awaiting permission to land.