Hold-Out

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One that withholds agreement or consent upon which progress is contingent.

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Noun	1.	holdout - a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks" negotiant, negotiator, treater - someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
	2.	holdout - a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal bargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
	3.	holdout - the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

Translations

holdout [ˈhəʊldaʊt] N (US) Britain has been the holdout in trying to negotiate → Gran Bretaña es el único que se resiste a negociar

holdout [ˈhəʊldaʊt] (US) n → principal obstacle m
France has been the holdout in trying to negotiate an end to the dispute → La France a été le principal obstacle aux tentatives de négocier un règlement du conflit.
hold-up [ˈhəʊldʌp] n

(= robbery) → hold-up m

(= delay) → retard m (British) (in traffic) → embouteillage m

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