hold-down
- noun
- /hoʊld-daʊn/
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restricción
- The city implemented a new hold-down on rent increases to help families afford housing.
Examples
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The government placed a hold-down on salaries to manage the budget during the economic crisis.
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Many companies imposed a hold-down on hiring to prevent overspending in the current market.
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I just, I really, really dig metallic tape for that kind of hold down encryption when you need it.
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So you can see the gold plating goes here and the copper base starts here and then there's the hold down, which can be replaced.
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That's the first time I've used one of those hold downs for real, and it was great.
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So here I simply screwed two blocks of wood to the waste board and then attach a few hold down clamps with thick screws to keep the workpiece in place.
Synonyms
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3.0
A rule or action that limits what you can do
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3.5
A rule that controls how much or how many of something there can be
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3.9
A rule or measure that limits what people can do
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4.6
A thing that stops or controls movement to keep people and machines safe
How Limiting
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Etymology
Hold-down comes from the two simple words hold ('keep') and down ('lower' or 'stop rising'). Imagine pressing something down so it cannot rise. So, a hold-down is a control or rule that keeps prices or amounts low and limits how much they can increase.