a quantity of shares in a company held by a particular person or organization; = STAKE:
• Shareholders can protect themselves from hostile takeovers by not agreeing to sell their shareholdings at a discount.
shareholding in
• He has now acquired a 51% shareholding in the group.
maˌjority ˈshareholding FINANCE
a quantity of shares held by someone in a company, that are more than half the total
miˌnority ˈshareholding FINANCE
a quantity of shares held by someone in a company, that are less than half the total
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shareholding UK US (also share-holding) /ˈʃeəˌhəʊldɪŋ/ noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
► the shares in a company that a particular person or organization owns considered together as a unit: acquire/secure a shareholding »
Telefonica acquired a shareholding of 51% in each local operator.
a shareholding in sth »The Quatari fund now has a 25% shareholding in the company.
»Venture capitalists have a controlling shareholding in the business.
»a majority/minority shareholding
Financial and business terms. 2012.