holdout

See also: hold out

English

Etymology

hold +‎ out, from the phrasal verb.

Noun

holdout (plural holdouts)

  1. One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
  2. (card games) A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.

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Spanish

Noun

holdout m (plural holdouts)

  1. (baseball) holdout
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