holdout

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.

   “If Facebook chooses to remain a holdout, it will not be as the head of a countercoalition but as a cranky recluse.”

2. isim A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.

   “He is probably working a vest or sleeve hold-out. Some clumsy or audacious sharpers will go so far as to hold out cards in their lap, or stick them in a "bug" under the table.”