holding
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
Etymology
From hold + -ing. The sense "holding company" is from Russian холдинг (xolding), a pseudo-anglicism derived from an ellipsis of holding company.
HOLDING at a glance
HOLDING has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + L 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,328 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with holding
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- FOLDING12
- MOLDING11
- BOLDING11
- HOODING12
- HORDING12
- HILDING12
- HODDING13
- HOLKING15
- HYLDING15
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