holdback

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A restraint

   A restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain.

   • The holdback hook assembly is made up of four key parts : the missile holdback hook (1), missile latch finger (4), missile latch lever (6) and eccentric shaft (B).
   • If the forward holdback tension is not within allowable limits, the TV will display a flagging or tearing picture at the top of the screen.
2. 2

   A delay in the movement of solute due to the slowing effects of diffusion

   • Holdback is easier to determine than the dispersion coefficient, and where scatter of data is serious, mixing properties are easier to describe in terms of holdback.
   • Holdback can also be seen as protecting solute-free water against invading solute.
   • The concepts of preferential flow and mobile and immobile water are related to each other and to that of the holdback of solute against leaching.
3. 3

   Income that is set aside for eventualities such as customer returns, seasonal…

   Income that is set aside for eventualities such as customer returns, seasonal fluctuations, performance bonuses, unexpected costs, etc.

   • The community Opportunity Bonus Fund incorporates a $250 million bonus pool, which would operate in the same manner as the original performance holdback.
   • When there is a holdback provision, the percentage placed in reserve by gainsharing plans typically ranges from a low of 10 percent to as much as 70 percent.
   • The customer return privilege period expires and the remaining holdback is paid to the transferor.
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   1. 4

      A portion of the money that is owed to someone which is not paid, but instead held as…

      A portion of the money that is owed to someone which is not paid, but instead held as security, until the entire job or contract has been successfully completed.

      • Holdback arrangements may be viewed as the reverse of kickbacks. There were nine retailers who reported a holdback requirement by finance companies.
      • If the contract contains a fee holdback provision, the total amount of fee earned will be recorded as expenses, but vouchering will be subject to the holdback provisioned.
   2. 5

      Money that a buyer does not pay at the time of purchase, but which is paid afterward…

      Money that a buyer does not pay at the time of purchase, but which is paid afterward (sometimes in installments, sometimes on a specified date).

      • Accordingly, credit enhancement was provided by a 7.5 percent "holdback" whereby the purchasers withheld 7.5 percent of the purchase price at the closing.
      • The simplest way for the buyer to obtain protection is to agree on a holdback. This means that the buyer on closing only pays part of the purchase price and retains additional installment(s) for a certain period of time.
      • Most M & A deals include a holdback, or an amount the buyer withholds from the seller for a period of time just in case the company has some sort of problem (called a breach) after the deal closes.
   3. 6

      The difference between a dealer's cost and the manufacturer's suggested retail price.

      • Holdback was instituted in the early 1960s, we understand, as a way to ensure that dealers would have money on hand to pay Uncle Sam at tax time.
      • As you will see, most manufacturers have holdbacks. Take the invoice and subtract the holdback to find the starting price of the car.
   4. 7

      A time period during which sales of a specific security or commodity cannot occur.

      • Schedule 1.02 should list each Shareholder and the Shareholder's proportional share of the Purchase Price, including the amounts scheduled to be distributed from the Escrow Fund after the holdback period has expired.
      • Rather than disseminating each individual change, the holdback timer permits CBOE to wait until multiple market participants have adjusted their quotes and then to disseminate a new quotation.
   5. 8

      A time period after the first release of a creative work before it can be distributed or…

      A time period after the first release of a creative work before it can be distributed or adapted to other channels.

      • It called for a rights framework which delivered a "clear, consistent and timely rights regime for all platforms" and minimum holdback periods.
      • Reserved rights are often subject to holdback provisions . A holdback provision requires a copyright or other rights owner to refrain from licensing certain rights for a limited period of time .
      • That said, some contracts will require a minimum number of hours before the 'day-after' window takes effect –some will clearly require a 24-hour holdback, but others may only require two hours (allowing a full premiere block).
   6. 9

      A legal provision for restricting distributions to a trust beneficiary under certain…

      A legal provision for restricting distributions to a trust beneficiary under certain conditions.

      • A holdback provision gives the trustee discretion to hold back funds upon the occurrence of specified events.
   7. 10

      The withholding of permits to extract a natural resource.

      • It is only a holdback for resource development, and with the increasing use by people of these resources, it is coming to a critical stage, Mr. Secretary, it doesn't seem to me that we are going to be able to hold back too much longer.
      • You have the question of the supposed holdback of the allocations, and yet the law allows you and the President to alter the allocation without a change of law for 90 days.
      • Thus far, the amount of environmental water recovered through conservation holdbacks has been relatively small.
   8. 11

      A designation of some details about a crime that the police deliberately do not reveal to…

      A designation of some details about a crime that the police deliberately do not reveal to the public.

      • The probative value of this kind of evidence is often overstated, as holdback evidence can be transmitted to the accused via prior interactions with the police.
      • The need to verify Mr. Big disclosures has helped make "holdback evidence” a routine part of homicide investigations.
   9. 12

      A random subset of a body of data that is not used in the main analysis, but rather…

      A random subset of a body of data that is not used in the main analysis, but rather reserved for other purposes, such as validation.

      • In the holdback methods, a sample of the observations is withheld (the holdback sample) while the remaining observations are used to train a neural net.
      • Since the holdback sample has different random noise, its calculated error will begin to increase.
      • If the decision is made to replace any of the refusals with the holdback sample, then all of the holdback sample must be used to maintain a probability sample.
   10. 13

       To set up a holdback.

       • Only 20 percent of the "debtors' attorney" judges normally don't holdback, compared to 44 percent of the other cohort.
       • Trustee given power to holdback distributions if adverse to beneficiary's interest .

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