holding
[ˈhəʉɫdɪŋ] · verb
Meaning
- To grasp or grip.
- To contain or store.
- (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
- (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
- To win one's own service game.
- To take place, to occur.
- 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.
- That which holds, binds, or influences.
- Logic; consistency.
- The burden or chorus of a song.
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