English-Spanish translations for holdover

Definition of holdover

• Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.''
• The distance by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target

Examples

• That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
• This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.

Related words

• hold
• behold
• shareholder
• upholder
• threshold
• stronghold
• withhold
• holder
• household
• beholder