different between overestimate vs overhold

English

Etymology

over- +? estimate

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /???v????st?me?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /???v????st?m?t/

Verb

overestimate (third-person singular simple present overestimates, present participle overestimating, simple past and past participle overestimated)

1. To judge or calculate too highly.

Antonyms

• (to judge too highly): underestimate

Translations

Noun

overestimate (plural overestimates)

1. An estimate that is too high.
   • 2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies

     The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.

English

Etymology

From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldan? (“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”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
   • 1854, REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND EVIDENCE:

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

2. (transitive) To hold over; keep.

Derived terms

• overholding

Noun

overhold (plural overholds)

1. The act or process of holding over.
   • 2002, Walter H. Posner, The Leasing Process: A Guide for the Commercial Tenant:

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

Anagrams

• hold over, holdover

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

overhold

1. imperative of overholde