STOCKHOLDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stockholding mean? 

• STOCKHOLDING (noun)
  The noun STOCKHOLDING has 2 senses:

1. a specific number of stocks or shares owned

2. ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock

  Familiarity information: STOCKHOLDING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCKHOLDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specific number of stocks or shares owned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

stockholding; stockholdings

Context example:

sell holdings he has in corporations

Hypernyms ("stockholding" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

prohibition of unrestricted intercorporate stockholding

Hypernyms ("stockholding" is a kind of...):

ownership (the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others)