Hold may refer to:
Physical spaces
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Hold (ship), interior cargo space
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Baggage hold, cargo space on an airplane
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Stronghold
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere' ...
, a castle or other fortified place
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Fermata
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"Hold" (song), a song by Vera Blue
* "Hold", a song by Axium from ''
Blindsided''
* "Hold", a song by Saves the Day from ''
I'm Sorry I'm Leaving''
* Hold, in a card game (e.g., blackjack or
poker, the cards that are kept in a hand, not those discarded and replaced
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Handhold (dance) A handhold is a manner the dancers hold each other's hands during the dance.
A hold is the way one partner holds another one with hands.
Hold and handhold are important components of connection in dance.
Couple dances
*Waist-hand hold
*Shoulder-w ...
, a type of hold in dance
* Hold (novel) a novel by
Michael Donkor
Law
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Legal hold, a legal ruling or official declaration
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Secret hold
In the United States Senate, a hold is a parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion from reaching a vote on the Senate floor.
If the Senator provides n ...
, a parliamentary procedure
Sports
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Hold (baseball)
A hold (abbreviated HLD, H or HD) is awarded to a relief pitcher who meets the following three conditions:
:1. Enters the game in a save situation; that is, when all of the following three conditions apply:
:: (a) He appears in relief (i.e., ...
, a statistic that may be awarded to a relief pitcher
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Climbing hold, on climbing walls
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Grappling hold
A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese is referred to as ''katame-waza'' ( "grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an opponent. Grappl ...
, a specific grip applied to an opponent in wrestling or martial arts
Technology
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Hold (aviation), a manoeuvre designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace
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Hold (telephone), a condition wherein a call is not terminated, but the connection is held and no speech can take place
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Authorization hold Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds un ...
, a now common practice by bankers and retailers (especially gas stations)
Other uses
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Hold (title)
Hold (or Hauld) is a title of nobility, used in Viking Scandinavia and England.
History
Holds were described as "noblemen of exalted rank" in Viking Northumbria by Frank Stenton, with a wergild of 4000 thrymsas, equivalent to a king's high-reeve ...
, an ancient Anglo-Danish and Norwegian title
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holD, a bacterial gene
*Hold or on hold,
library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
books or other borrowed materials reserved for a particular borrower's use
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Marianne Hold (1933–1994), German actress
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Trevor Hold (1939-2004), English composer, poet and author
See also
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Holder (disambiguation)
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Holding (disambiguation)
Holding may refer to:
* Holding an object with the hands, or grasping
* Holding (law), the central determination in a judicial opinion
* Holding (aeronautics), a manoeuvre in aviation
* Holding (surname)
* Holding company, a company that owns stock ...
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To Have and to Hold (disambiguation)
To Have and to Hold or To Have & to Hold may refer to:
Phrases
* "...to have and to hold", a phrase commonly used in Christian marriage vows
* The habendum clause in property transfer, in English and American real estate law
Film
* ''To Have ...
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