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Definition of Holdout
1. Noun. A negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms. "Their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks"
2. Noun. A refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal.
3. Noun. The act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later.
Definition of Holdout
1. Noun. One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Holdout
1. one who delays signing a contract [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holdout
Literary usage of Holdout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"2. to offer, tender, proffer, holdout; auf[u!i'f/i-<4ec.] —, to bid for...¡feil —,
to net out, expose to «ail; [rti!iM>t —, to make bad offers; (Gutem) 2ro$ ..."
2. SAS High-Performance Forecasting 2.2: User's Guide (2006)
"holdout= n specifies the size of the holdout sample to be used for model selection.
The holdout sample is a subset of actual time series ending at the last ..."
3. SAS(R) 9.1.3 High-Performance Forecasting: User's Guide, Third Edition, 2 by SAS Publishing, Publishing SAS Publishing (2005)
"holdout= n specifies the size of the holdout sample to be used for model selection.
The holdout sample is a subset of actual time series ending at the last ..."
4. Confront the Now Create the Future by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"RUSSIA ENDS NATO holdout Fron the ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL an Associated Press dispatch
dated June 12, Brussels, Belgium, “Russia will join NATO's military ..."
5. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"holdout estimation We now proceed to discuss specific error-estimation techniques.
If there is an abundance of sample data, then they can be split into ..."
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