shareholding noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •The owning of shares.Since in these countries shares are traditionally held directly by banks, other firms and the state, the problem of fiduciary shareholding arises less often. — 2008 •The amount of capital held as shares. adjective1 •Owning shares.Such are the returns of profits on the broad and the narrow gauge lines, which £. s. d. submits to the consideration of the shareholding world—and of the Great Western shareholders in particular. — 1846 formsshareholdings
