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• hold office — ► GOVERNMENT, POLITICS to have a position of authority, especially in government: »A president can only hold office for two terms of four years each. »Things were not very different when the previous government held office. Main Entry: ↑hold …   Financial and business terms

• hold office — index govern, predominate (command), rule (govern) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• hold office — Synonyms and related words: alternate, be in office, be the incumbent, cover, do a hitch, do a stint, do a tour, do time, enlist, fill an office, fill in for, have a go, have tenure, keep a watch, occupy a post, re up, reenlist, relieve, serve… …   Moby Thesaurus

• hold office — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be in office, direct, rule; see command 2 , govern , manage 1 …   English dictionary for students

• hold office — occupy a position of authority (in a government, administration, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Hold — Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Office management — Office manager is a profession related to office supervisory positions. People that hold office management positions conduct special studies and based on the results of these special studies, they develop reports. Apart from developing reports,… …   Wikipedia

• hold — A process by which a bank restricts funds deposited by checks. Usually but not always used to restrict the proceeds of checks drawn on other banks until the funds have been transferred by the drawor s bank to an account that the depositor s bank… …   Financial and business terms

• hold — hold1 W1S1 [həuld US hould] v past tense and past participle held [held] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in your hand/arms)¦ 2¦(event)¦ 3¦(keep something in position)¦ 4¦(job/title)¦ 5¦(keep/store)¦ 6¦(keep something available for somebody)¦ 7¦(keep somebody… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hold — hold1 [ hould ] (past tense and past participle held [ held ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 carry ▸ 2 stop someone/something from moving ▸ 3 put arms around someone ▸ 4 (be able to) contain ▸ 5 have ▸ 6 continue in same state ▸ 7 keep/stop something ▸ 8 not… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hold — I UK [həʊld] / US [hoʊld] verb Word forms hold : present tense I/you/we/they hold he/she/it holds present participle holding past tense held UK [held] / US past participle held *** 1) [transitive] to carry something using your hands or arms Can… …   English dictionary