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hold released

Hold released is the status of a card authorization in which the temporary hold has been removed and the authorized amount is no longer reserved against the cardholder's available funds or credit.

In plain English

A temporary authorization hold sets aside part of the cardholder's available funds or credit for a while. Hold released means that set-aside has been removed, so the authorized amount is no longer reserved for that card authorization.

In context

Here, "hold released" labels that the temporary hold for the card authorization has been removed and the authorized amount is no longer reserved against the cardholder's available funds or credit.

Situation
Reading card, bank, wallet, authorization, decline, pending, and settlement states
What it communicates
labels that the temporary card authorization hold has been removed.

Meaning limits

This status only describes the removal of the temporary reservation and does not by itself state why it was removed.

Examples

“The authorization entered hold released overnight, and the reserved amount no longer counted against his available funds.”

Core meaning

“When a card authorization shows hold released, the bank is no longer keeping that amount set aside.”

In context

  • authorization status Broader Term

    The target is one specific kind of authorization status.

  • authorization hold Contrast

    The related term names the temporary reservation itself, while the target names the state after that reservation has ended.