- an act or instance of holding out.
- a person who delays signing a contract in hopes of gaining more favorable terms: The basketball star was a holdout until they offered more money.
- a person who declines to participate, cooperate, agree, etc.: Aside from one or two holdouts, everyone contributed.
- to offer or present
- to last or endure
- to continue to resist or stand firm, as a city under siege or a person refusing to succumb to persuasion
- to withhold (something due or expected)
- to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- a person, country, organization, etc, that continues to resist or refuses to change
- a person, country, organization, etc, that declines to cooperate or participate
