holdback

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Once the state can audit the city's payments to contractors, it will release the money, but such a large holdback is not small change for the cash-strapped city, an exasperated City Manager Steve LeBlanc told the city council on Thursday.

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  1. noun The act of holding back.
  2. noun Something held back.
  3. noun A device that retains or restrains.

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  • Once the state can audit the city's payments to contractors, it will release the money, but such a large holdback is not small change for the cash-strapped city, an exasperated City Manager Steve LeBlanc told the city council on Thursday. —  The Daily News - News
  • The company's stated reason: The bankruptcy comes "following an unexpected attempt by its principal credit card processor to substantially increase a" holdback "of customer receipts." —  Dealbreaker
  • Payments of dealer holdback and accelerated payments of dealer holdback are not included in the advance percentage paid to the dealer-partner. —  News
  • Advances to dealers and accelerated payments of dealer holdback (524,496) (571,197) —  News
  • The holdback issued by C.L. "Butch" Otter last Friday alone will force the university to strike just under $1 million from its 2009 budget. —  The Argonaut
 

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