holdout

English

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

Etymology

Compound from English hold (game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem) + English out (surpassing, beyond, outward, away from).

Origin

English

out

Gloss

surpassing, beyond, outward, away from

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