holding

C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/ UK /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
land, property, or assets owned or controlled by someone

Her family's holdings included several farms and a small mill.

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1 noun · land, property, or assets... property asset possession estate stake tenure

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Related forms hold holder

Etymology

The gerund of hold (Old English haldan, healdan 'to keep, possess, retain'), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną, used as a noun for property or assets held.

healdan Old English *haldaną Proto-Germanic

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Nature & Landscape Word Formation & Derivatives

# holding

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈhoʊldɪŋ
**IPA (UK):** ˈhəʊldɪŋ

## Meanings
1. land, property, or assets owned or controlled by someone

## Examples
- Her family's holdings included several farms and a small mill.

## Synonyms
- property
- asset
- possession
- estate
- stake
- tenure

## Related Forms
- hold
- holder

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: healdan
- Root: *haldaną

## Etymology
The gerund of hold (Old English haldan, healdan 'to keep, possess, retain'), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną, used as a noun for property or assets held.

## AI Etymology
Holding has this etymological history: The gerund of hold (Old English haldan, healdan 'to keep, possess, retain'), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną, used as a noun for property or assets held. The etymological trail includes Old English healdan and Proto-Germanic *haldaną. As a noun, holding names land, property, or assets owned or controlled by someone. The same family is visible in related forms such as hold and holder.

## Topics
- Nature & Landscape
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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