holding
hol·ding
noun
1.
the act of keeping in your possession
2.
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
- “that hat is my property”
- “he is a man of property”
adjective
Origin
From hold + -ing. The sense "holding company" is from Russian холдинг (xolding), a pseudo-anglicism derived from an ellipsis of holding company.
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