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overhold

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Definition of overhold

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
    “if he overhold his price so much”
    “That is your opinion: you state here that you were induced to overhold the land […]”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
    “if he overhold his price so much”
    “That is your opinion: you state here that you were induced to overhold the land […]”
  2. (transitive)To hold over; keep.

noun

  1. The act or process of holding over.
    “Overholding clauses serve the purpose of contractually regulating the terms and conditions of an overhold.”

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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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