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shareholding

shareholding adjective: owning shares.

Adjective

shareholding (not comparable)

  1. Owning shares.
    • Such are the returns of profits on the broad and the narrow gauge lines, which £. s. d. submits to the consideration of the shareholding world—and of the Great Western shareholders in particular.1846 June, “The B.G. and the N.G.: A Few Words on the Gauge Dispute”, in James Anthony Froude et al., Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, Number 198 Volume 32, G. W. Nickisson, page 749

Noun

shareholding (countable and uncountable, plural shareholdings)

  1. The owning of shares.
    • Since in these countries shares are traditionally held directly by banks, other firms and the state, the problem of fiduciary shareholding arises less often.2008, Mathias M. Siems, Convergence in Shareholder Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 144
  2. The amount of capital held as shares.

Forms of shareholding

pluralshareholdings

Origin of shareholding

From share + holding.

Words formed from shareholding

Questions about shareholding

What does shareholding mean?
Shareholding means owning shares.
What part of speech is shareholding?
Shareholding can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near shareholding in the dictionary

  1. shareholders' derivative actions
  2. shareholders' meeting
  3. shareholders' meetings
  4. shareholdership
  5. shareholderships
  6. shareholding
  7. shareholdings
  8. sharehome
  9. sharehomes
  10. sharehouse
  11. sharehouses

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