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holderships

holderships is the plural of holdership.

Meaning of holdership

Noun

holdership (countable and uncountable, plural holderships)

  1. The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
    • This system of penalties shall equally apply to the winners of scratch events, and to the winning of holderships of trophies, but not to the winner of rounds in the C.B.S.A. medal competitions.1912, The Encyclopædia of Sport & Games: Rackets - Zebra, page 149
  2. The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
    • The Code gives some indications that it would recognize such partial and limited holderships in due course everywhere;1955, New York (State). Law Revision Commission, Report of the Law Revision Commission - Volumes 1-2, page 401

Questions about holderships

What is holderships the plural of?
Holderships is the plural of holdership.

Words near holderships in the dictionary

  1. Holderness
  2. Holdernesses
  3. holders
  4. holders-up
  5. holdership
  6. holderships
  7. holdest
  8. holdeth
  9. holdfast
  10. Holdfast Bay
  11. holdfastness

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