holdover

[hohld-oh-ver]

noun

1. a person or thing remaining from a former period.

2. Printing.,  overset that can be kept for future use.

Word History and Origins

Origin of holdover¹

1885–1890, noun use of verb phrase hold over

Example Sentences

Companies have skimped on dividends amid an epic bull run for stock prices, leaving the S&P 500’s yield of just 1.1% looking like finance’s vestigial tailbone—an evolutionary holdover without a clear purpose.

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Instead, he said, it was the result of an “undetectable holdover fire” that lived deep within the roots.

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Federal investigators determined that the Jan. 7 fire was a so-called holdover from the Jan. 1 fire, continuing to smolder and burn underground after firefighters thought they had extinguished it.

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Still, even with the ruling in place, discrimination and surveillance continue — holdovers from centuries of colonial rule.

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“Who’d have thought Oasis, the Britpop holdover that seemingly couldn’t be more out of vogue, could fill Staples Center?” the Orange County Register wrote about the evening.

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