Last week we looked at some common business word partnerships you can make with the verbs ‘bring’ and ‘leave’. This week, we are going to do some work on the verb ‘hold’.
The partnerships for hold can be divided into four broad areas of meaning.
1. Some word partnerships with ‘hold’ mean ‘an event’: “We held the reception at the Grand Hotel.”
2. Some mean ‘delay’: “A mechanical failure in the factory held up production.”
3. Some have the meaning of ‘possess’: “Our company holds the patent for this drug.”
4. There are other word partnerships also which do not fall into these three main categories of meaning.
Task 1: Look at these word partnerships for hold and sort them into the table below. Look at the examples.
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hold
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the position that v.p.
the position (of n.p.)
a (insurance) policy
a competition
a conference
a dinner
a meeting
a party
a reception
an annual convention
an exhibition
consignments
detailed discussions with
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s/o in the highest regard
s/th for safe keeping
s/th in confidence
stock
the copyright for
the line
the patent for
the price
the shipment
up production
your reservation
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event
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delay
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possess
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other
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a meeting
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up production
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the position (of n.p.)
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the price
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Check out your answers in the table below.
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event
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possess
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a meeting
a competition
a conference
a dinner
a party
a reception
an annual convention
an exhibition
detailed discussions with
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the position (of n.p.)
the position that v.p.
a (insurance) policy
stock
the copyright for
the patent for
s/th for safe keeping
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delay
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other
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up production
consignments
the line
the shipment
your reservation
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the price
s/o in the highest regard
s/th in confidence
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*‘The price is holding well’ means that there is not too much movement in the (share) price. Here, use ‘hold’ after ‘the price’.
*Use ‘hold the position (of n.p.)’ to describe a job title: ‘She used to hold the position of HR Director.’
*Use ‘hold the position that v.p.’ to express your point of view. ‘I hold the position that we should expand aggressively.’
