- something that holds or secures: a pencil holder.
- a person who has the ownership, possession, or use of something; owner; tenant.
- a person who has the legal right to enforce a negotiable instrument.
- a person or thing that holds
- a person, such as an owner, who has possession or control of something
- (in combination)
- a person who has possession of a bill of exchange, cheque, or promissory note that he is legally entitled to enforce
