Holding meaning : To grasp or grip. To contain or store. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions. To win one's own service game. To take place, to occur. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice). To derive right or title. In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted. To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale. Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds. A determination of law made by a court. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. That which holds, binds, or influences. Logic; consistency. The burden or chorus of a song. (in texts about Russia) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг).