how to pronounce holdover

/ˈhoʊlˌdoʊvɚ/

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holdover is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of holdover in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… is the same holdover from the slave days …”

meanings of holdover

noun:

The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.

holdover frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word holdover occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics holdover can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that holdover can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;