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holdout::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | negotiator, negotiant, treater |
| Derivation | hold out |
their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks.
holdout::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bargaining |
| Derivation | hold out |
Examples of holdout
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Crabtree signed a six-year contract with the team Oct. 7 after a 71-day holdout.
From the sacbee.com
Crabtree, after an ill-advised holdout, made his NFL debut Sunday for the 49ers.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Supervisor Susan Anderson was the lone holdout on giving the sheriff more money.
From the fresnobee.com
Still, Reinfeldt said he doesn't expect a holdout or any headaches from Johnson.
From the tennessean.com
His forces were continuing to besiege Misrata, the rebels'main western holdout.
From the sacbee.com
Troops cleared most of the makeshift tents and scuffled with holdout activists.
From the thenewstribune.com
New Big Ten member Nebraska is the TV holdout in that conference, for instance.
From the sacbee.com
He had served a three-game suspension imposed by the team because of the holdout.
From the kentucky.com
The NFL has a holdout logjam among players taken in the first round of the draft.
From the denverpost.com
- A negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks"
- A refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal
- The act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
- In gambling jargon, a holdout is any of numerous accessories used by cheats to help them "hold-out" a card (or cards) during a game. Some holdout devices are extremely simple and require moderate or advanced manipulative skill to be used properly. ...
- The ability of a paint film to dry to its normal finish on a somewhat absorptive surface.
- Holdout refers to a paper's ability to hold ink on the surface consistently, so that it will dry in a sharper, more clearly defined dot and produce higher ink gloss. When ink is absorbed into the sheet, it spreads, creating a phenomenon referred to as 'dot gain'.
- How well a paper holds ink on its surface instead of absorbing the ink. If a paper has poor holdout, your images will have a lot of dot gain. Newsprint, for instance, has relatively poor holdout capabilities. The more the ink soaks in, the higher the dot gain, and less crisp the printed image.
- The property of a substrate to resist or retard penetration of ink.
- The ability of paper or board to resist surface liquid penetration, leaving ink on the surface rather than absorbing it.
