1. an amount of a particular type of investment owned by a person or organization:
holding of
• He has doubled his usual holdings of government securities to more than $10 billion.
• Itsreal estate holdings are concentrated in Toronto, New York and London.
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holding UK US /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ noun [C] FINANCE
► assets such as property, shares, or cash that a government, company, or person owns: holding in sth »
The government announced that it would replace its gold reserves with holdings in dollars, euros and yen.
»Foreign central banks might reduce their holdings of American Treasury bonds.
»cash/stock/property, etc. holdings
► the amount of a company's shares that a person or organization owns: holding in sth »
He is considering selling his 28% holding in the company.
increase/raise/build up a holding »The Chairman bought a further 80,000 shares, increasing his holding to 20.3%.
reduce/cut a holding »The sale is part of a plan by the Dutch state to reduce its holding in the former government-controlled group.
Financial and business terms. 2012.