to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
to balance; to counterpoise; to remain unchanged; to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)
unity; even matching; interdependence; steadiness (of market price); holding; no change
fire-holding qualities; length of time a fire burns
(stock market) barely holding steady