Overhold
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of holding over.
"Overholding clauses serve the purpose of contractually regulating the terms and conditions of an overhold."
Verb
- 1 To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate. transitive
"if he overhold his price so much"
- 2 To hold over; keep. transitive
Example
More examples"if he overhold his price so much"
Etymology
From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).
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