holders
USHOHL-derz/ˈhoʊɫdɚz/UKHOHL-duhz/ˈhəʊldəz/
- 1Plural of holder.
Passport holders from those countries no longer need a visa to visit.
Credit card holders will see the new fee on their next statement.
Note
The word in front usually decides whether the plural names people or things: passport holders and ticket holders are people, pen holders and candle holders are objects. Standing alone with the, as in sports reports, the holders are the defending champions, the side that won last time. On a ship, holders can also be the crew who work down in the hold.
holders is a form of holder
holder, noun: An object or device that holds something else. Full entry
- Forms
- holderholders plural
- Spelling
- holder → holders: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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