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stockholdings

stockholdings

5.7
The total number of shares a person or company owns
  • noun
  • /ˈstɑkˌhoʊldɪŋz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tenencia de acciones
  • She reviewed her stockholdings before meeting with her financial advisor.

Examples

  • The company encouraged employees to increase their stockholdings through its purchase plan.

  • His stockholdings in the technology sector have significantly increased in value this year.

  • My stockholdings have increased significantly this year.

  • Do you know how many stockholdings he has?

  • His stockholdings in the technology sector have significantly increased in value this year.

  • She reviewed her stockholdings before meeting with her financial advisor.

  • The company encouraged employees to increase their stockholdings through its purchase plan.

Synonyms

holding
vsstockholdings
86 3.9

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

is limited to the total count of shares rather than any asset type
shareholding
vsstockholdings
1 5.0

The shares a person or group owns in a company

focuses on the total number owned rather than ownership concept
stockholding
vsstockholdings
  • US
1 5.3

Shares that a person or group owns in a company

specifies the total number owned as a single quantity

How Large

controlling interest
  • Specialized
7 3.5
stockholdings
  • Specialized
5.7
stake
406 4.2
share
  • Specialized
416 3.7

Surface Forms

stockholding singular
stockholdings plural

Morphology

stockholdings = stockholding (transparent) = stock + hold + ing + s

The word is a straightforward compound (stock + holding) with regular nominalization and plural -s; learners who know 'stock' and 'hold/holding' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Stockholdings comes from two parts: stock, meaning a 'supply' or things of value and now often 'shares' in a company, and holdings, from 'to hold' or 'own'. So stockholdings are the total number of company shares a person or organization owns.