Definitions from Wiktionary (holdback)

▸ noun:  restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  A delay in the movement of solute due to the slowing effects of diffusion
▸ noun:  (accounting) Income that is set aside for eventualities such as customer returns, seasonal fluctuations, performance bonuses, unexpected costs, etc.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  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).
▸ noun:  (car sales) The difference between a dealer's cost and the manufacturer's suggested retail price.
▸ noun:  A time period during which sales of a specific security or commodity cannot occur.
▸ noun:  A time period after the first release of a creative work before it can be distributed or adapted to other channels.
▸ noun:  A legal provision for restricting distributions to a trust beneficiary under certain conditions.
▸ noun:  The withholding of permits to extract a natural resource.
▸ noun:  A designation of some details about a crime that the police deliberately do not reveal to the public.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ verb:  To set up a holdback.




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