having

• IPA^(key): /ˈhævɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: hav‧ing

having

1. present participle of have

having (plural havings)

1. Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 4,

     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.

   • 1875, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Queen Mary, London: Henry S. King, Act II, Scene 2, p. 80,

     Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade—

     Your rights and charters hobnail’d into slush—