Word: crossholdings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cross
hol
dings
Definition: Plural of crossholding. 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: Verb
Meaning: To contain or store.
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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.