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shareholding

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: SH EH1 R HH OW2 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Owning shares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 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, 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.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The owning of shares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The amount of capital held as shares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a holding in the form of shares of corporations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, belongings, holding

History

Etymology

From share + holding.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: akcjonariat — owning of shares