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holding::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | keeping, retention |
| Type of | possession, ownership |
| Has types | storage, withholding |
| Derivation | hold |
holding::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | belongings, property |
| Type of | possession |
| Has types | commonage, community property, estate, heirloom, hereditament, immovable, intellectual property, landholding, lease, letting, material possession, personal estate, personal property, personalty, worldly possessions, wealth, worldly belongings, worldly goods, church property, private property, public property, ratables, rateables, real estate, real property, realty, rental, salvage, shareholding, spirituality, spiritualty, stockholding, stockholdings, tangible possession, things, trade-in, trust |
| Derivation | hold |
Examples of holding
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Holding the heat at 90 degrees provides a glossy surface and texture that snaps.
From the stltoday.com
The Blues'Ian Cole is whistled for another Blues penalty, for holding the stick.
From the stltoday.com
He's holding space in centerfield until Carlos Beltran returns sometime in July.
From the newsday.com
Under that blindfold, the lady holding the scales is either weeping or sleeping.
From the sacbee.com
There's a guy dressed like a butler who is holding a large platter of the stuff.
From the dailynews.com
Most offer low costs, lots of educational tools and some degree of hand-holding.
From the forbes.com
The Lehman holding company filed under Chapter 11 in New York on Sept. 15, 2008.
From the bloomberg.com
Perhaps the only thing holding down interest in Steinhoff is he's just 5-foot-8.
From the stltoday.com
The protesters have generally been peaceful, chanting slogans and holding signs.
From the cnn.com
- Retention: the act of retaining something
- Property: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
- Holding (2001) is a Croatian film. It was released in 2001.
- In American football and Canadian football, a penalty is a sanction called against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored "penalty flag" onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul. ...
- A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behaviour. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes during which the player can not participate in play. ...
- 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. See ratio decidendi.
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds; A determination of law made by a court
- (holdings) A library's collection of materials
- (Holdings) The exact issues of magazines, journals, and newspapers the Library owns or has access to; this is different from Publication Dates.
