HOLD-DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A limitation or constraint

Example:

taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hold-down" is a kind of...):

limitation; restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

Derivation:

hold down (restrain)

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