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Adjective(1) designed for (usually temporary) retention
Noun(1) the act of retaining something(2) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone(3) the act of keeping in your possession(4) something owned(5) any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

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(1) This loss would be minimal in the context of the area of good quality of land within the holding , however, and the development is required for agriculture.(2) It is encouraging to see someone moving on to an agricultural holding rather than moving off it.(3) they were preparing for the holding of an election(4) For the purposes of the permitting arrangements, a holding includes all land parcels declared for area aid purposes.(5) Later, I again heard him speak at the Huntington Library at a special showing of Huntington holdings of books and manuscripts related to the California gold rush.(6) The Minster has also made clear that they want the book holdings to continue to be a u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510living libraryu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb and not a u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510frozenu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb collection.(7) The current reserve land will be converted to fee simple holdings .(8) Personal holdings of stocks and mutual funds increased by $944 billion.(9) The vast majority of this financial credit is created as financial sector entities borrow funds enabling the purchase of additional holdings of financial assets.(10) You'd be talking about the areas where the holdings are vast and few and far between.(11) Since funds report their stock holdings only twice a year, the information is rarely up to date.(12) In the Netherlands, England, Wales, and parts of Scotland, tenants generally had good-sized holdings and relatively secure tenure.(13) Her financial and property holdings have made her one of the world's richest women.(14) It would seem impossible for anyone to look through the archive holdings or material available on video and not find something of interest.(15) This year alone, e-mail volume is expected to be the equivalent of 40 copies of the fully digitized holdings of the Library of Congress.(16) A World Bank study of northeast Brazil estimates that moving farmland into smaller holdings would raise output as much as 80 percent.
Related Words
(1) hold
(2) holding on
(3) holding company
(4) holding up
(5) holding back
(6) holding out
(7) holding time
(8) holding tank
(9) holding area
(10) holding pattern
(11) holding cell
Synonyms
Noun
2. retention


Verb
3. clasp
4. embrace
5. possess
6. support
7. detain
8. maintain
9. occupy
10. take
11. persist
12. be available
13. convene
14. stop
15. carry
16. apply
17. book
18. obligate
19. concord
20. defend
21. contain
22. restrain
23. obtain
24. deem
25. withstand
26. adjudge
27. halt
28. retain
29. give
30. bear
31. harbor
32. have got
33. take hold
34. admit


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Are you saying
that you've been holding back?

Are you saying that you've been HOLDING back?

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 2


How's your mom
holding up?

How's your mom HOLDING up?

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 24


that our lord set out,
so now he is holding us to terrible account.

that our lord set out, so now he is HOLDING us to terrible account.

Vikings Season 1, Episode 7


Dr. Cooper, I have to tell you,
your friends are holding you back.

Dr. Cooper, I have to tell you, your friends are HOLDING you back.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 6


I mean, holding a meeting to decide
what breakfast cereal we should buy.

I mean, HOLDING a meeting to decide what breakfast cereal we should buy.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 21


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