noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
holding company
holding pattern
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My career is in a holding pattern right now.
holding...hostage (= keeping them as hostages )
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The group are holding two tourists hostage .
holding...personally responsible
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I’m holding you personally responsible for this mess!
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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And he's got quite a big holding in the group - he sold out in return for stock.
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Some of its biggest holdings are non-U.
existing
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The risk that payments might exceed existing money holdings for some unforeseen reason could prove very embarrassing.
large
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They relate in fact much more closely to economic and agricultural units, albeit often within larger estates and holdings .
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Companies with large property holdings , like oil and gas corporations, want the consumption taxes because those represent tax breaks.
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The larger the holding and the stronger the soil, the wider your choice.
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Most insurance companies have large holdings of bonds.
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Trim back especially large holdings in any one stock.
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He permitted landlords to retain large holdings , so that little acreage was available for distribution.
left
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The difference is that you were left holding the baby.
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Rain saw only that he got there first and Harbury was left holding out the wine glass.
small
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Production even on the smallest holdings had trebled and the work load had soared.
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Most farmers were now independent owner-farmers with small holdings .
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Swaps that deal brokers out of small share sales Share exchanges are an increasingly popular alternative for investors to selling small holdings .
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So far your facts are correct, I've flogged a few of my small holdings .
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A small holding force of Empire troops was swept aside and the Orc army descended into the plains of Averland.
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It rolls up people's small holdings and sells them in bulk.
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In those days they were small holdings .
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Some past investments in Scotch have exposed small holdings which lacked expert advice.
■ NOUN
company
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Similar consent provisions may be contained in the financing arrangements of the vendor's shareholders and ultimate holding company .
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The substantial Royal Nederland former subsidiary used to be audited as part of Royal International, the holding company .
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Will state holding companies be needed?
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Hanson, the industrial holding company , announced it had sold almost half its stake in packaging-to-adhesives group Wassall.
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One way would be to form a holding company to which both banks would issue shares in proportion to their shareholders' funds.
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The holding company form has been used to provide a buffer between the state enterprises themselves and political direction by the state.
fund
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We are currently considering how the benefits of fund holding can be extended and will make an announcement in the new year.
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Any rally will be undermined by corporate investors redeeming mutual fund holdings , Subramanian said.
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There's no point in the fund holding system unless there is a two tier system.
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The fund holding surgery can by-pass the health authority and buys services direct from hospitals.
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It will invite expressions of interest in fund holding , which will be available from April 1993.
hand
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He held on to her, stroking the poor little bony hand holding fast to his.
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He descended the stairs slowly in the dark, his hand holding tightly on to the banister rail.
land
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In all, the Las Vegas-based Hughes' land holdings have a potential for 14. 2 million square feet.
position
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Bring 15 stitches at both side edges to E holding position .
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A Hawaiian at low level, holding position at the edge of the window.
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Silver recommend bringing both edge needles to the holding position and having one holding lever set to hold and one to knit.
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To weave in the yarn, bring all needles to holding position .
property
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Thus those who have substantial property holdings will receive the highest economic rewards and enjoy superior life chances.
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Companies with large property holdings , like oil and gas corporations, want the consumption taxes because those represent tax breaks.
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The figure compares with a survey in May when 12% said they intended to increase their property holdings .
stock
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In purchasing costs, stock holding and direct production costs.
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Magellan cut its tech stock holdings to 24. 5 percent of the portfolio from 43. 2 percent in November.
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Our historical cost loss of £xxx million was recorded after stock holding losses of £xxx million.
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It must turn easily, be safe and carry a sufficient stock holding .
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The company has been forced to sell land and stock holdings to recoup some of the shortfall.
■ VERB
buy
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To take advantage of the high rate of return on securities, people buy them now instead of holding on to their money.
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Putting it together Having bought a potentially viable holding , you must plan a programme for working it up to meet your aspirations.
increase
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You might use such money to buy or lease land, and so increase the holding you had inherited.
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The electronics retailer said shareholders will have the option of selling their stock or increasing their holdings to 100 shares.
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It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years.
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Companies want to encourage smaller investors, instead of big institutions, to increase their holdings .
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The figure compares with a survey in May when 12% said they intended to increase their property holdings .
reduce
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Also, great changes had taken place - or were about to take place - which would reduce appreciably colonial holdings .
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He speculated that Magellan has reduced its technology holdings by about half.
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Buying any of these reduces his holdings of money.
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Disposals reducing holdings below any of those thresholds also have to be notified.
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The increasing acquisition of land by large institutions reduces the number of holdings .
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As time went on, the ITA/IBA tried to reduce press holdings .
sell
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In either event, small shareholders should think carefully before selling any holding .
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He had known for months that Minorco wanted to sell its holdings but had been slow to accommodate it.
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Talc Technology has recently sold a majority holding to Ivernia West for £125,000.
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I told Alexander that several Arabs had sold massive holdings of gold, for which they received dollars.
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At the same time the Finance Ministry had started to sell its holdings of foreign securities in order to finance imports.
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Swaps that deal brokers out of small share sales Share exchanges are an increasingly popular alternative for investors to selling small holdings .
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The same assembly also forbade peasants to sell the holdings on which the bulk of their dues were assessed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be left holding the baby
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The difference is that you were left holding the baby.
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Then he does something stupid with a television researcher and is left holding the baby.
there's no holding sb (back)
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For Casey, there was no holding back when it came to music.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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David stood at the end of the bed, holding baby Paul.
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Employment for agricultural labourers was correspondingly limited, and by no means all holdings were too small for subsistence.
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It must be borne in mind that more copper equates to more adhesive holding the copper foil on to the glass fibre panel.
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Joan did the laundry, washing up, and housework holding her with one arm.
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Long pole holding back maggots good.
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Part-time farming tends to be concentrated in DRAs where small, often non-viable holdings predominate.
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The offenders's accomplice stood at the door holding what appeared to be a shotgun.
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They tried to intimidate me by holding on to the furniture.