See Also: hold-down(dictionary)
hold(2)(dictionary)
hold(1)(dictionary)
YAU LEE HOLD(finance)
WAI KEE HOLD(finance)
KIN Y AT HOLD(finance)
MIN XIN HOLD(finance)
Hold(medicine)
Buy and Hold(money)
Hold(money)

hold-up (oh)



n [C]
a situation that stops something from happening or making progress
-synonym delay delay
ĦĦtraffic hold-ups on the highway
ĦĦDespite the odd hold-up, we finished on time.
informal an attempt to rob a place or person by threatening them with a weapon
ĦĦa bank hold-up
-see also hold up at hold 1