shareholdingn.
/ˈʃɛːˌhəʊldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɛrˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/ 1.
a. The quantity of shares that a person or institution holds in a company. Also (esp. U.S.) called a stockholding.See also cross-shareholding n.
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1817 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 24 May (advt.) Several of the present partners are willing to continue their present Share-holdings to prove this truly promising Concern.
1896 Times 13 Nov. 5/1 The executors had a large shareholding in the new company, and two of them were directors of it.
1983 B. A. K. Rider Insider Trading vi. 324 What the petitioner must show is that the value of his shareholding in the company has been seriously impaired as a consequence of the conduct of those who control the company in a way that is ‘unfair’.
1998 Automotive Engineer Oct. 6/3 As a result of the agreement, Deutz, in which we have taken a 10 per cent shareholding, will become Volvo's main supplier of small and mid-size engines.
2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 8 He said the State would continue to have a strong majority shareholding in the ESB.
b. In plural, with possessive. The portfolio of shares owned by a specified institution or individual.
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1897 Glasgow Herald 15 July 5/2 The company's investments have been written down to a point even below the present market value, so far as the company's shareholdings are concerned.
1902 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Mar. 4/3 A syndicate..has been privately formed for..taking over the whole of Mr. Rhodes's shareholdings.
2001 Financial Times 18 May 25/5 The end of capital gains tax on sales of corporate stakes next year would allow active management of the bank's shareholdings.
2. The action or practice of owning shares.
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1825 Morning Chron. 7 Apr. 2/3 This at least shews that all the delusion, if shareholding be a delusion, is not with the public.
1859 Caledonian Mercury 5 Aug. At first we may expect inconvenience, but in the end profit, from this revolution in share-holding.
1959 Daily Tel. 8 July 1/4 The union..did not accept that buying their way into industry through shareholding was a substitute for public ownership.
2012 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 72 1102 Between 1800 and 1844 shareholding became more of a financial investment, restrictions on buying and selling shares were reduced.
Compounds
As a modifier, as in shareholding pattern, shareholding structure, etc.
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1832 Chester Chron. 13 Apr. 3/6 The chapel is built partly upon the shareholding system, and partly by voluntary contributions, the shareholders engaging to receive no more than legal interest for their money.
1869 Economist 18 Dec. 1495/2 We have to notice this week another case of general interest as to the continuance of shareholding liability in a joint-stock company.
1950 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 1 235 A democratic shareholding structure where voting shares are very widely distributed.
1987 Financial Times 13 Nov. 31/1 (headline) Sweden relaxes shareholding rules.
2021 Business Standard (Nexis) 17 Nov. We would keep a close tab on the revised corporate structure and shareholding pattern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
shareholdingadj.
/ˈʃɛːˌhəʊldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɛrˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/ That owns shares; that is a shareholder.
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?1825 Laws & Regulations Trades' Newspaper Assoc. 4 The Representatives of the Share-holding Societies.
1866 Standard 27 Aug. 4/7 Other..matters..must be brought before the shareholding body.
1930 Economist 6 Dec. 1057/1 The Currency Commission..has published the following table showing the position of its nine shareholding banks.
2006 Financial Times 27 May (FT Money section) 6/1 The society's guidelines clearly state that the bonus payment is only for qualifying shareholding members.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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