stockholding
1
5.3
- noun
- /ˈstɑkˌhoʊldɪŋ/
- US
:
participación accionaria
- He increased his stockholding in the company after the successful product launch.
- stockholding company
- sell some stockholdings
You finance your lifestyle with your biggest stockholding called Tesla.
- You finance your lifestyle with your biggest stockholding called Tesla.
Examples
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The owners of some of the oyster companies, e.g., the Bluepoints Company and the Radel Company, had stockholdings in the railroads.
Academic text (1996) -
You finance your lifestyle with your biggest stockholding called Tesla.
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In exchange for a government-sponsored loan of $1.6 million, C.C.B. pledged to remain a public stockholding company with growers represented on its board of directors.
Academic text (1990) -
In the case of managers, the prospect of retaining equity interest, despite business failure, dilutes the effort incentives set by the initial stockholdings of the managers.
Academic text (2017) -
Attempts to improve security by regulation—whether by protecting indigenous resources from competition, by controlling depletion rates of nonrenewable resources, by minimum stockholding requirements, or by other means—cannot reasonably be assumed to just add to the security already provided by markets.
Academic text (2000) -
Many investors are diversifying their stockholdings to minimize risk during market volatility.
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She decided to sell part of her stockholding to fund her new business venture.
Synonyms
∞
3.5
A part of a company that people buy and sell
406
4.2
A share in a business or project
86
3.9
A thing like property owned by a person, company, or organization
1
5.0
The shares a person or group owns in a company
The total number of shares a person or company owns
How Large
- Specialized
7
3.5
- US
1
5.3
406
4.2
- Specialized
416
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stockholding comes from two simple words: stock meaning 'goods' or 'supply' (as in livestock) and holding meaning 'something you keep'. So a stockholding is the part of a company you 'keep'—the shares or ownership you own.