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hold·er

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–noun

1.	something that holds or secures: a pencil holder.

2.	a person who has the ownership, possession, or use of something; owner; tenant.

3.	Law. a person who has the legal right to enforce a negotiable instrument.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME haldere. See hold¹, -er¹

]

—Related forms

hold·er·ship, noun

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hold·er Audio Help (hōl'dər) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that holds, as:
1. One that possesses something; an owner: the holder of extensive farmland; the holder of oil fields.
2. One, especially a tenant, that occupies or controls something: The current holder of the apartment.
3. Law One that legally possesses and is entitled to the payment of a check, bill, or promissory note.
A device for holding: a towel holder.

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holder
noun
1.	a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"
2.	a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport"
3.	the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked 'payable to bearer'"

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-holder

a person or thing that holds something
Example: a pen-holder; a ticket-holder (= a person who has a ticket for something)

Arabic:	حامِل
Chinese (Simplified):	持有者或托、夹东西的架子等
Chinese (Traditional):	持有者或托、夾東西的架子等
Czech:	držák; držitel, -ka
Danish:	-holder
Dutch:	-houder
Estonian:	-hoidja
Finnish:	haltija, teline
French:	porte-(…); détenteur, *-trice
German:	-halter
Greek:	κάτοχος, θήκη
Hungarian:	tartó; tulajdonos
Icelandic:	-haldari,-standur; —eigandi; handhafi
Indonesian:	pemegang

Italian:	porta(…)*
Japanese:	－をもつもの
Latvian:	ietvars; tureklis; īpašnieks
Lithuanian:	laikiklis, savininkas
Norwegian:	-holder, —stykke, sokkel, bøyle
Polish:	posiadacz, okaziciel, pojemnik
Portuguese (Portugal):	portador de
Romanian:	deţinător; port-(…)
Russian:	держатель
Slovak:	držiak; držiteľ, -ka
Slovenian:	imetnik
Spanish:	poseedor; portador; tenedor
Swedish:	-hållare, innehavare
Turkish:	iye, sahip; …-lik, *lık