overhold

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verb

To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.

Similar
overpriceoverstateoverapproximateoverestimateoverrateoverreckonoverthink
Opposite
understatemisunderestimatesell shortunderapproximateunderestimate
OriginMiddle English overholden ← Old English oferhealdan ← Proto-Germanic *uber →
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Meanings

verboverhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overheld or overholden)

present singular third person overholds · participle present overholding · past overheld · participle past overheld · participle past overholden

  1. transitiveTo overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.

    if he overhold his price so much

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
    1 more example

    That is your opinion: you state here that you were induced to overhold the land […]

    1854, REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND EVIDENCE

    Synonyms: overprice, overstate, overapproximate, overestimate, overrate, overreckon, overstate, overthink · Antonyms: understate, misunderestimate, sell short, underapproximate, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underrate

  2. transitiveTo hold over; keep.
nounoverhold (plural overholds)

plural overholds

  1. The act or process of holding over.

    Overholding clauses serve the purpose of contractually regulating the terms and conditions of an overhold.

    2002, Walter H. Posner, The Leasing Process: A Guide for the Commercial Tenant

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.

Similar
overpriceoverstateoverapproximateoverestimateoverrateoverreckonoverstateoverthink
Opposite
understatemisunderestimatesell shortunderapproximateunderestimateunderguessunderjudgeunderrateunderreckonunderstate
Also see
overapproximateoverestimateoverrateoverreckonoverstateoverthink

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*uber“over”
  2. Old Englishoferhealdan“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”
  3. Middle Englishoverholden
  4. Englishoverhold

From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).

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APA

overhold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhold

MLA

“overhold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhold.

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