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holdup
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holdup [′hōl‚dəp]
(chemical engineering)
Volume of material held or contained in a process vessel or line.
Liquid held up (suspended) in a vertical process vessel or line by rising gas or vapor streams.


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In Pensacola, Florida, on September 22, a husband and wife were working in their grocery store when a man came in with a stocking mask over his face and said, "This is a stickup.
Omar was introduced in the first season, leading a stickup crew as they attempted to rob the show's chief drug lord, Avon Barksdale.
Unlike street crime, where a stickup might mean a few moments of terror but relatively small losses, white-collar crime's costs can be staggering.
 
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