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overhold

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From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from 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 overholds · overholding · overheld · overholden

transitive To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate. if he overhold his price so much
Similar: overprice, overstate, overapproximate, overestimate, overhold, overrate, overreckon, overthink · Opposite: understate, misunderestimate, sell short, underapproximate, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underrate, underreckon
transitive To hold over; keep.

noun overholds

The act or process of holding over. Overholding clauses serve the purpose of contractually regulating the terms and conditions of an overhold.

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@misc{overhold_2026,
  title = {overhold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overhold},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}