holdback

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

Etymology

From hold + back.

noun

A restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain.
A restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain.; The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing. Also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
A delay in the movement of solute due to the slowing effects of diffusione.g.“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.” — 1969, Harry D. Surline, Longitudinal Liquid Mixing in a Packed Column with Cocurrent Or Countercurrent Air-water Flow, page 50:
Income that is set aside for eventualities such as customer returns, seasonal fluctuations, performance bonuses, unexpected costs, etc.e.g.“The community Opportunity Bonus Fund incorporates a $250 million bonus pool, which would operate in the same manner as the original performance holdback.” — 1995, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, And Independen
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.e.g.“Holdback arrangements may be viewed as the reverse of kickbacks. There were nine retailers who reported a holdback requirement by finance companies.” — 1968, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia, Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia:
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).e.g.“Accordingly, credit enhancement was provided by a 7.5 percent "holdback" whereby the purchasers withheld 7.5 percent of the purchase price at the closing.” — 1991, James A. Rosenthal, Juan M. Ocampo, Securitization of Credit: Inside the New Technology of Finance:
The difference between a dealer's cost and the manufacturer's suggested retail price.
A time period during which sales of a specific security or commodity cannot occur.
A time period after the first release of a creative work before it can be distributed or adapted to other channels.e.g.“It called for a rights framework which delivered a "clear, consistent and timely rights regime for all platforms" and minimum holdback periods.” — 2007, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee, New media and the creative industries:
A legal provision for restricting distributions to a trust beneficiary under certain conditions.
The withholding of permits to extract a natural resource.
A designation of some details about a crime that the police deliberately do not reveal to the public.
A random subset of a body of data that is not used in the main analysis, but rather reserved for other purposes, such as validation.e.g.“In the holdback methods, a sample of the observations is withheld (the holdback sample) while the remaining observations are used to train a neural net.” — 2016, Ian Cox, Marie A. Gaudard, Mia L. Stephens, Visual Six Sigma: Making Data Analysis Lean, page 495:

verb

To set up a holdback.e.g.“Only 20 percent of the "debtors' attorney" judges normally don't holdback, compared to 44 percent of the other cohort.” — 1993, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice, Professional Fees in Bankruptcy, page 225:

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Words closest in meaning

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restrainingly 66% match — So as to restrain or hold back. vs holdback →
restrainer 64% match — Something that restrains. vs holdback →
detaining 63% match — A delay, hindrance, or impediment; the act of holding back. vs holdback →
inhibit 63% match — To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. vs holdback →
offhold 62% match — To retain. vs holdback →
withholdment 61% match — withholding; the act of withholding. vs holdback →
refrain 60% match — To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). vs holdback →
restraint 60% match — Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures. vs holdback →