Word: crossholding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cross
hol
ding
Definition: A situation in which a publicly-traded corporation owns stock in another publicly-traded company.
Morphemes:
Affix: cross-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate (as in crossclass crosslinguistic cross-platform ).
Affix: hold
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An act or instance of holding.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.