Definitions of holding

n the act of retaining something

keeping, retention
the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control
the act of storing something
preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
Type of:
ownership, possession
the act of having and controlling property

n something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

belongings, property
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material possession, tangible possession
property or belongings that are tangible
worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessions
all the property that someone possess
ratables, rateables
property that provides tax income for local governments
any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
intellectual property
community property
property and income belonging jointly to a married couple
personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property
movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
immovable, real estate, real property, realty
property consisting of houses and land
property held in common
a holding in the form of land
property or goods saved from damage or destruction
a holding in the form of shares of corporations
church property, spirituality, spiritualty
property or income owned by a church
lease, letting, rental
property that is leased or rented out or let
an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one
public property
property owned by a government
stockholding, stockholdings
a specific number of stocks or shares owned
chattel, movable, personal chattel
effects, personal effects
acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate
temporality, temporalty
the worldly possessions of a church
benefice, ecclesiastical benefice
an endowed church office giving income to its holder
car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive
a rented car
sublease, sublet
a lease from one lessee to another
the land on which real estate is located
dead hand, mortmain
real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
wealth reckoned in terms of money
clobber, stuff
informal terms for personal possessions
gross estate
net estate
the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes)
estate for life, life estate
jointure, legal jointure
active trust
a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties
blind trust
passive trust
a trust in which the trustee performs no active duties
charitable trust, public trust
a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes
Clifford trust, grantor trust
implied trust
a trust inferred by operation of law
direct trust, express trust
a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation)
discretionary trust
a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate
inter vivos trust, living trust
a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime
spendthrift trust
a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidence
testamentary trust
Totten trust, savings account trust, savings bank trust, trust account, trustee account
voting trust
an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees
Type of:
anything owned or possessed

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