The meaning of HOLDING is land held especially by a vassal or tenant. How to use holding in a sentence.

HOLDING definition: the act of a person or thing that holds. hold. See examples of holding used in a sentence.

HOLDING definition: 1. something that you own such as shares in a company or buildings, or land that you rent and farm…. Learn more.

A holding is an area of farm land which is owned or rented by the person who grows crops on it.

an act of holding with the hand or other physical means: a good hold on the rope. something to hold a thing by: climbing up using the toe holds on the mountainside.

1. Tending to impede or delay progress: a holding action. 2. Designed for usually short-term storage or retention: a holding tank; a holding cell.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hold1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle held /held/) 1 in your hand/arms a) [transitive] to have something in your hand, hands, …

the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.

holding, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Nov 1, 2025 · (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).