different between overvalue vs overhold

English

Etymology

over- +? value

Verb

overvalue (third-person singular simple present overvalues, present participle overvaluing, simple past and past participle overvalued)

1. To assign an excessive value to something.

Translations

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