overhold
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English overholden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).
Verb
overhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overheld or overholden)
- (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- 1854, REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND EVIDENCE:
- That is your opinion: you state here that you were induced to overhold the land […]
- (transitive) To hold over; keep.
Derived terms
Noun
overhold (plural overholds)
- The act or process of holding over.
- 2002, Walter H. Posner, The Leasing Process: A Guide for the Commercial Tenant:
- Overholding clauses serve the purpose of contractually regulating the terms and conditions of an overhold.
- 2002, Walter H. Posner, The Leasing Process: A Guide for the Commercial Tenant:
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overhold
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