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holding  (holdings plural )
1  n-count If you have a holding in a company, you own shares in it.  (BUSINESS)  (=investment) 
That would increase Olympia & York's holding to 35%...  
2  adj A holding operation or action is a temporary one that is intended to keep a situation under control and to prevent it from becoming worse. 
A garden is, at best, a holding operation against nature.  


holding company   (holding companies plural )A holding company is a company that has enough shares in one or more other companies to be able to control the other companies.  (BUSINESS)  n-count