having

The act of possessing; ownership.

Adjective

  1. Grasping; greedy.
    • The new man in Humanity, which is the communication of the Son of Man Who is the Interceder, is an asking man, although it is not a greedy and a having man. - 1875, Christ and the people, sermons, page 282:

Forms

more having most having

Noun

  1. The act of possessing; ownership.
    • He thus came to think of perceiving as a complex of 'havings,' not a complex of 'havings' and 'doings.' - 2002, Ronald Jager, The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy:
  2. Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
    • Out of my lean and low ability I’ll lend you something: my having is not much; I’ll make division of my present with you: Hold, there’s half my coffer. - c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night,...
    • Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade— Your rights and charters hobnail’d into slush— - 1875, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Queen Mary, London: Henry S. King, act II, scene 2, page 80:
  3. A person's behaviour.
  4. Good manners.

Forms

havings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of have