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/ˈhoʊldˌoʊvɚ/ · noun
(countable) Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time..
That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
Castle Rock Middle School was a frowning pile of red brick standing between the Post Office and the Library, a holdover from the time when the town elders didn't feel entirely comfortable with a school unless it looked like a reformatory.
This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.
Use holdover when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Holdover means (countable) Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time..
Common synonyms include hangover.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
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