hold+(noun)

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• hold rating — ➔ rating * * * hold rating UK US noun [C] ► STOCK MARKET a suggestion that someone should not sell the shares that they own in a company, but that they should not buy any new shares: »Despite falling sales, Citigroup is keeping its hold rating… …   Financial and business terms

• hold — Ⅰ. hold [1] ► VERB (past and past part. held) 1) grasp, carry, or support. 2) keep or detain. 3) have in one s possession. 4) contain or be capable of containing. 5) have or occupy (a job or position) …   English terms dictionary

• hold-up — ˈhold up noun [countable] TRANSPORT MANUFACTURING a delay, for example in transport or production: • motorway holdups * * * hold up UK US /ˈhəʊldʌp/ noun [C] ► a delay that prevents something from happening …   Financial and business terms

• hold-up — noun (C) 1 a situation that stops something from happening for a short time; delay 1 (2): An unexpected hold up meant we had fallen 3 weeks behind schedule. 2 a situation in which traffic stops or can only move very slowly: There was a hold up on …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hold|er — «HOHL duhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that holds something: »The holder must remember to hold the saw in a tight grip. 2. a person who owns, possesses, or occupies property, such as an owner, possessor, or tenant: »Holders of leases pay rent. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• hold up — also holdup, hold up, late 13c., “to keep erect;” 1837 as “to delay.” The verb meaning “to stop by force and rob” is from 1887, from the robber s command to raise hands. The noun in this sense is from 1851 …   Etymology dictionary

• hold-up — noun 1) a hold up in production Syn: delay, setback, hitch, snag, difficulty, problem, glitch, hiccup, traffic jam, tailback; informal snarl up 2) a bank hold up Syn: robbery …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• hold-down — noun a limitation or constraint taxpayers want a hold down on government spending • Derivationally related forms: ↑hold down • Hypernyms: ↑limitation, ↑restriction …   Useful english dictionary

• hold|back — «HOHLD BAK», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a thing that holds back; restraint; hindrance. 2. the act of restraining or preventing action. 3. an iron or strap on the shaft of a wagon or carriage to which the harness is attached, enabling a horse to hold …   Useful english dictionary

• hold|fast — «HOHLD FAST, FAHST», noun. 1. a thing used to hold something else in place, such as a hook or clamp. 2. the act or fact of holding fast; firm or sure grasp. 3. a branched or disk shaped basal portion by which a sessile organism, such as a… …   Useful english dictionary

• hold|o|ver — «HOHLD OH vuhr», noun. 1. a) a person who continues to hold an office after his term has expired: »He was a holdover from the Cabinet that quit on Monday (New York Times). b) a person or thing that remains behind from a former period: »the little …   Useful english dictionary