Holdover Definition

hōldōvər
holdovers
noun
holdovers
A person or thing staying on from a previous period; specif., an officeholder who continues in office or an entertainer whose engagement is extended.
Webster's New World
One that is held over from an earlier time.
A political adviser who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood.
American Heritage
The act of staying beyond the end of a lease.
Webster's New World Law
The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.
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Noun

Singular:
holdover
Plural:
holdovers

Holdover Sentence Examples

  • As a consequence of these revisions, transfers into and out of trusts will potentially be eligible for capital gains tax holdover relief.

  • Because many port cities are oriented toward the water - a holdover from when ocean travel and shipping were primary industries - the port may be located downtown in congested areas.

  • The legislature, composed of the members from the western counties who had been elected on the 23rd of May and some of the holdover senators who had been elected in 1859, met at Wheeling on the 1st of July, filled the remainder of the state offices, organized a state government and elected two United States senators who were recognized at Washington.

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RERVER

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