holdout
See also: hold out
English
Noun
holdout (plural holdouts)
- 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.
- (card games) A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.
See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.