Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fundholding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fund-hold-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The holding of a fund.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A former system of state funding of general practitioners in which they were allocated a budget for services by the local hospital.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From fund + holding.

Usage

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Questions

What does fundholding mean?
The holding of a fund.
Where does fundholding come from?
From fund + holding.

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