Definitions For Holdout

noun

  • The act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
  • A refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal
  • A negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms
  • A person who refuses to reach an agreement until certain terms are met : a person who holds out
  • An act of holding out for something
  • A person who continues to do or use something after others have stopped doing or using it

Is Holdouts a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
13

The word Holdout is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Holdout in a Sentence

  • He says he might be a holdout at the start of the next season if the team doesn't agree to pay him more.
  • He is expected to end his three-week holdout and join the team tomorrow.
  • A few holdouts still use typewriters, but nearly everybody uses computers now.

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