Holdback

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain..

Definitions by Sense

1. A restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain.
2. A delay in the movement of solute due to the slowing effects of diffusion
3. (accounting) Income that is set aside for eventualities such as customer returns, seasonal fluctuations, performance bonuses, unexpected costs, etc.
4. A portion of the money that is owed to someone which is not paid, but instead held as security, until the entire job or contract has been successfully completed.
5. Money that a buyer does not pay at the time of purchase, but which is paid afterward (sometimes in installments, sometimes on a specified date).
6. (car sales) The difference between a dealer's cost and the manufacturer's suggested retail price.
7. A time period during which sales of a specific security or commodity cannot occur.
8. A time period after the first release of a creative work before it can be distributed or adapted to other channels.

Example Sentences

In a furnace, the combination of an upwardly moving holdback and a downwardly moving dumping grate, of interconnected means for conjointly elevating said holdback and partially lowering said grate and then oscillating said grate without appreciably moving said holdback.

The holdback hook assembly is made up of four key parts : the missile holdback hook (1), missile latch finger (4), missile latch lever (6) and eccentric shaft (B).

If the forward holdback tension is not within allowable limits, the TV will display a flagging or tearing picture at the top of the screen.

Accessories for the catapulting system include a tension bar and a catapult holdback bar.

Before going through the buckle, make sure the holdback strap passes over the trace so the trace is encompassed by the holdback strap.

Holdback is easier to determine than the dispersion coefficient, and where scatter of data is serious, mixing properties are easier to describe in terms of holdback.

Holdback can also be seen as protecting solute-free water against invading solute.

The concepts of preferential flow and mobile and immobile water are related to each other and to that of the holdback of solute against leaching.

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Word Forms

• holdbacks
• holdbacking
• holdbacked

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