0 the shares in a company that a particular person or organization owns considered together as a unit: --
Venture capitalists have a controlling shareholding in the business.
a shareholding in sth The Quatari fund now has a 25% shareholding in the company.
acquire/secure a shareholding Telefonica acquired a shareholding of 51% in each local operator.
The diplomatic wing does not maintain a central record of staff who have reported shareholdings.
Information about reported shareholdings is not held centrally in the form requested; each application is, however, scrutinised carefully to guard against potential conflicts of interest.
I am advised, however, that it is not possible to identify shareholdings registered here and overseas according to the nationality of their beneficial owners.
At this point, one of the worst performing agents in terms of wealth is removed, and replaced with a new one who takes the departing agent's shareholdings.
In an environment of incomplete markets, certain restrictions have to be put on agents' shareholdings to rule out cases in which agents take extreme short positions on the stock market.
It is likely that internet technology and direct shareholding are responsible for some efficiency gains.
It had only a minority shareholding in the banks and was not particularly dependent upon bank finance.
Wills and shareholding have become more popular as education has improved.
