having

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of have

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of possessing; ownership.

   “He thus came to think of perceiving as a complex of 'havings,' not a complex of 'havings' and 'doings.'”

2. (countable, uncountable)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.”

   “Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade— Your rights and charters hobnail’d into slush—”

3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A person's behaviour.
4. (Scotland, countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable)Good manners.

adj

1. (obsolete)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.”