hold up

Definitions

General English

• noun
  (written as hold-up)
  a delay; an occasion on which something is later than planned
• noun
  (written as hold-up)
  an occasion on which a person with a gun steals money from someone
• phrasal verb to support something
• phrasal verb to make someone or something late
• phrasal verb to use a gun to make someone give up all their money

Accounting

• phrasal verb to stay at a high level

Health Economics

• (written as Hold-up)
  A rate of reimbursement by a purchaser at which the provider receives the lowest rate they are willing to accept to provide a service but which provides no incentive to invest.

Law

• noun
  (written as hold-up)
  the act of holding up a bank, etc.
• verb to go into a bank, stop a lorry, etc., in order to steal money

Politics

• verb to show or display

Nearby Definitions of “hold up”

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• hood
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Contexts for “hold up”

10 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Health Economics
• Law
• Politics