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Definition of Stockholding

1. Noun. A specific number of stocks or shares owned. "Sell holdings he has in corporations"

2. Noun. Ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock. "Prohibition of unrestricted intercorporate stockholding"

Definition of Stockholding

1. Noun. (finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockholding

stocked stocked with stocken stockens stocker stockers stockfeed stockfish stockfishes stockgrower

stockgrowers stockholder stockholder of record stockholders stockholders meeting stockholding (current term) stockholdings stockhorn stockier stockiest

stockily stockin' stockin's stockiness stockinesses stockinet stockinets stockinette stockinette stitch stockinettes

Literary usage of Stockholding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oil Supply Security: The Emergency Response Potential of IEA Countries in 2000 by International Energy Agency (2001)
"stockholding Requirements of Member Countries IEA stockholding Requirements Each IEA net oil importing country has a 90-day stockholding obligation, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Thus, stockholding Creditor May Not Offset against Unpaid Subscriptions.—Thus a stockholder who is also a creditor may not offset his claim against his ..."

3. A Manual of Corporate Organization: Containing Information, Directions and by Thomas Conyngton (1904)
"Corporate stockholding. At common law a corporation cannot hold stock in another corporation. Though the law was not formulated with any ..."

4. Corporate Organization and Management by Thomas Conyngton, Helen Potter (1917)
"Corporate stockholding At common law a corporation cannot hold stock in another corporation. Though the law was not formulated with any such intent, ..."

5. Principles of Business by Charles William Gerstenberg (1918)
"Consolidation through stockholding.—The operations of two or more companies may be combined by placing the controlling interest of each corporation in ..."

6. Principles of Business by Charles William Gerstenberg (1922)
"Consolidation through stockholding.—The operations of two or more companies may be combined by placing the controlling interest of each corporation in ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1909)
"Remedies in Case of Ultra Vires stockholding. — Every stockholder in a corporation may stand upon his rights as secured by the contract of association. ..."

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