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What does holdback mean?

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Noun
  1. restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
  2. The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
  3. The strap or part of the harness so used.
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It is the usual practice to record a portion of a contract as a holdback as the work progresses.
That the full Siri isn't available smacks more of a marketing department holdback than technical limitations.
In certain of those cases, the holdback funds were released in contravention of that agreement, and damages were incurred and calculable because of that breach.
When the nerve is unduly irritated the holdback, or inhibitory force, is increased, and the heart slows up in the same measure.
Third, the aircraft was stuck because they tried to taxi it clear with the holdback still in tension.
In this case no work had been performed under the contract and the holdback should not have been recorded.

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