Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of holding back.
- n. Something held back.
- n. A device that retains or restrains.
- n. A strap or an iron catch between the shaft and the harness on a drawn wagon, allowing the horse to stop or back up.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Check; hindrance; restraint.
- n. The iron or strap on the shaft or pole of a vehicle to which the breeching or backing-gear is attached.
Wiktionary
- n. restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
- n. The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
- n. The strap or part of the harness so used.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
- n. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
WordNet 3.0
- v. refrain from doing
- v. keep under control; keep in check
- v. secure and keep for possible future use or application
- v. wait before acting
- v. hold back; keep from being perceived by others
- v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Examples
“Find out the dealer holdback, which is often substantial.”
“It said an "unexpected attempt" by its principal credit-card processor to substantially increase a "holdback" of customer receipts threatened Frontier's liquidity.”
“Frontier Airlines said it filed for protection under Chapter 11 after an "unexpected attempt" by its principal credit-card processor to substantially increase a "holdback" of customer receipts threatened to severely impact liquidity.”
“Frontier says the vendor, First Data Corp., suddenly said it would be increasing the "holdback" rate of proceeds to 100% from 45%.”
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“$38 Billion in House In the letter, the managers said Crusader implemented a similar "holdback" earlier this year for redemption requests submitted by the end 2007.”
“He wants "holdback" evidence to confirm suspects and eliminate false leads and confessions.”
“What CAFNE does is act as a third-party that manages these receivables until it has been paid, and advances money - after holding back a portion of the invoice that in part acts as a collateral or "holdback" and in part pays to service the lenders financing and other administration fees - to the producers group.”
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“Now, the Education Ministry must dip into its "holdback" fund to pay the additional education costs - an average of $8,200 per pupil.”
“In fact, if the two-per-cent dealer "holdback" money is included, the deal on a Focus is nothing short of spectacular.”
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ruzuzu "A strap or an iron catch between the shaft and the harness on a drawn wagon, allowing the horse to stop or back up." --AHD Apr 12, 2012