Definition of "hold-ups" []

• Plural form of hold-up. (noun)
• Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. (noun)

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• "Rather than being frustrated by the vagaries of the weather and the long hold-ups I reverted to past habits and borrowed guitars to play in come-all-ye sessions or added my tales – looking around to find a shark as long as the kayak following me when off the Mayo coast, being caught in a gale and dragged out to sea in Dundalk Bay – to the stories told along counters over slowly sipped pints."
• "Despite the hold-ups, several negotiators expressed optimism that progress was being made on the longer term finance issue, which should see wealthy nations channelling $100bn (£63bn) per year into climate funds by 2020."
• "Industry participants have reported a particularly high build-up of scrap in the ports of the Guangdong province, where the inspection and classification of scrap under the new rules appears to be causing hold-ups."