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Holding vs Going - What's the difference?

holding | going |

As a proper noun holding

is .

As a verb going is

.

As a noun going is

a departure.

As an adjective going is

likely to continue; viable.

holding

English

Noun

(wikipedia holding) (en noun)
  • Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
  • * 2009 , The Economist, Law and order in Italy: Trouble with figures
    • Italy's right-wing prime minister was about to cure his biggest headache by selling the state's holding in a troubled airline, Alitalia.
  • A determination of law made by a court.
  • A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
  • * 1596 , , V. i. 3:
    • Take again / From this my hand, as holding of the Pope / Your sovereign greatness and authority.
  • (obsolete) That which holds, binds, or influences.
    • (Burke)
  • (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
  • * 1598 , , IV. ii. 27:
    • This has no holding , / To swear by him whom I protest to love / That I will work against him.
  • (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
  • * 1598 , , II. vii. 109:
    • Make battery to our ears with the loud music; / The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. / The holding every man shall beat as loud / As his strong sides can volley.

    Coordinate terms

    * (determination) finding

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,

    Derived terms

    * holding the ball * holding the cards * holding the man * inholding

    going

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), present participle of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A departure.
  • * Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
    • The going was very difficult over the ice.
  • progress
    • We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
  • (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
    • Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  • (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  • * (Crew)
  • (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  • * Bible, Job 34.21:
    • His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Likely to continue; viable.
    • He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
  • That attends habitually or regularly.
  • Current, prevailing.
    • The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
  • (after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
    • He has the easiest job going .

    See also

    * going to

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