Etymology

holding

hold·ing
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Today it means: Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds. Full definition →

Russian холдинг
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromхолдинг
  2. English todayholding

From hold + -ing. The sense "holding company" is from Russian холдинг (xolding), itself a pseudo-anglicism derived from an ellipsis of holding company.

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