1 ~ (in sth) a number of shares that sb has in a company:
She has a 40% holding in the company.
seealsoFUNDHOLDING
2 [oftenpl.] an amount of property that is owned by a person, museum, library, etc:
one of the most important private holdings of Indian art * The Lehman holding has been housed in the museum since 1975.
3 a piece of land that is rented by sb and used for farming
seealsoSMALLHOLDING
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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