holding shares

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• holding — hold‧ing [ˈhəʊldɪŋ ǁ ˈhoʊl ] noun [countable] FINANCE 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… …   Financial and business terms

• Holding — Hold‧ing [ˈhəʊldɪŋ ǁ ˈhoʊl ] also Holdings noun used in the name of holding companies: • Glaxo Holdings PLC * * * holding UK US /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ noun [C] FINANCE ► assets such as property, shares, or cash that a government, company, or person owns …   Financial and business terms

• holding company — see company Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. holding company …   Law dictionary

• holding company — holding companies N COUNT 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] ...a Montreal based holding company with interests in telecommunications, gas and …   English dictionary

• holding company — holding ,company noun count a company that owns the majority of the SHARES in another company …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• holding — early 13c., prp. of HOLD (Cf. hold). As a football (soccer) penalty, from 1866. Meaning “property held,” especially stock shares, is from 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

• holding company — A corporation that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its Board of Directors. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A company which controls one or more subsidiary companies in which… …   Financial and business terms

• holding company — noun a company with controlling shares in other companies • Hypernyms: ↑company • Hyponyms: ↑bank holding company * * * noun, pl ⋯ ies [count] business : a company whose main business is owning more than half of another company s stock * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• Holding company — A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only purpose is owning shares of other companies.… …   Wikipedia

• holding company — Finance. a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company). [1905 10] * * * Corporation that owns enough voting stock in… …   Universalium

• Escrowed Shares — Shares held in an escrow account and in most cases cannot be traded or transfered until certain circumstances like time horizon have been reached. The use of escrow for holding shares is often done during acquisitions and for performance based… …   Investment dictionary