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shareholding

shareholding

1 5.0
The shares a person or group owns in a company
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɛrˌhoʊldɪŋ/
translation icon : participación
  • She decided to increase her shareholding to have more influence over company decisions.
  • shareholding company
  • shareholding system
  • increase in shareholdings

Examples

  • His shareholding in the startup gave him a seat on the board of directors.

  • Market socialists are aware that a number of institutional innovations are required before the shareholding system can function properly.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Among various options, market socialists favor the shareholding system.

    Academic text (1994)
  • A strong union with shareholdings would have never allowed that to be possible.

    Blog text (26)
  • The Chinese market socialists have generally failed to realize that the shareholding system is not the only way of creating efficient and responsible management.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Thus, the transferability of ownership rights through a stock market is crucial to the health of the shareholding system.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Nevertheless, the shareholding system is the one that market socialists believe would bring the state sector out of trouble.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The higher the promoter shareholding, the lesser the debt to equity ratio will be.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In the West, the shareholding company emerged as a device to pool capital and to disperse risks.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Shareholders in the company would very likely see their shareholding significantly diluted.

    Blog text (18)

Synonyms

stake
vsshareholding
406 4.2

A share in a business or project

is ownership of shares specifically rather than broader claims or interests
holding
vsshareholding
86 3.9

A thing like property owned by a person, company, or organization

is ownership of company shares specifically rather than assets generally
stockholding
vsshareholding
  • US
1 5.3

Shares that a person or group owns in a company

is the same ownership idea but uses a different market word
stockholdings
vsshareholding
  • Specialized
5.7

The total number of shares a person or company owns

is about owning shares rather than counting how many are owned

Antonyms

Not owning or controlling something

How Much

controlling interest
  • Specialized
7 3.5
shareholding
1 5.0

Surface Forms

shareholding singular
shareholdings plural

Morphology

shareholding = share + holding (transparent) = share + holding

Formed by the clear combination of 'share' and the noun 'holding' meaning an asset or possession, so the meaning 'ownership of shares' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word shareholding comes from the simple words share ('a part') and holding ('to keep'), so it literally means 'keeping parts' of a company and explains why it refers to owning shares.