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holding
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?ld?-?ng, IPA(key): /?ho?ld??/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?h???d??]
- (UK) IPA(key): [?h???d??]
- (US) IPA(key): [?ho??d??]
- Rhymes: -??ld??
- Hyphenation: hold?ing
Noun
holding (plural holdings)
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
- 1980, Joseph D. Dwyer, Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe (page 9)
- Although this survey lists only a small number of representative materials in the Hoover Library's Baltic Collection, a comprehensive view of the library's holdings can be gained from the Hoover Institution's card catalog or its printed equivalent
- 2009, The Economist, Law and order in Italy: Trouble with figures
- Italy's right-wing prime minister was about to cure his biggest headache by selling the state's holding in a troubled airline, Alitalia.
- 2014, D. K. Acharya, Standard Methods of Contract Bridge Complete (page 378)
- The defender at third position is supposed to keep the partner informed of his holdings in that suit.
- 1980, Joseph D. Dwyer, Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe (page 9)
- A determination of law made by a court.
- A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, V. i. 3:
- Take again / From this my hand, as holding of the Pope / Your sovereign greatness and authority.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, V. i. 3:
- (obsolete) That which holds, binds, or influences.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, IV. ii. 27:
- This has no holding, / To swear by him whom I protest to love / That I will work against him.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, IV. ii. 27:
- (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, II. vii. 109:
- Make battery to our ears with the loud music; / The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. / The holding every man shall beat as loud / As his strong sides can volley.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, II. vii. 109:
- (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian ??????? (xolding)).
Coordinate terms
- (determination): finding
Translations
Descendants
- ? Polish: holding
Verb
holding
- present participle of hold
Derived terms
Anagrams
- hodling
French
Noun
holding m or f (plural holdings)
- holding company
Polish
Etymology
From English holding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?l.dink/
Noun
holding m inan
- (business) holding company
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) holdingowy
Further reading
- holding in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- holding in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
holding m (plural holdings)
- holding company
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advantage
English
Alternative forms
- advauntage (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Medieval Latin abante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?v??n.t?d?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?væn.(t)?d?/
Noun
advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)
- (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
- (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
- (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
Synonyms
- foredeal, benefit, value, edge
- vantage
Antonyms
- disadvantage, drawback
Derived terms
Related terms
- advance
- vantage
Translations
Verb
advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged)
- (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to [from 15th c.]
- (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of [from 16th c.]
Usage notes
- Some authorities object to the use of advantage as a verb meaning "to provide with an advantage".
Synonyms
- favor, favorise
- benefit
Derived terms
- advantageable
Translations
References
- advantage at OneLook Dictionary Search
- advantage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, see above.
Noun
advantage m (plural advantages)
- advantage
Related terms
- advantageux
Descendants
- French: avantage
- ? Albanian: avantazh
- ? Spanish: ventaja
- ? Turkish: avantaj
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