Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HOLD
  
  a notation made on an account record to show that a specific amount of money in the account is temporarily not available to the account holder, or to show that the account requires special handling. For example, a hold may be placed on recently deposited checks to allow time for the checks to clear.
  
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