holdover

holdover  {n.}
1. A successful movie or theater production that plays longer than originally planned.
Because of its great popularity. Star Wars was a holdover in most movie theaters.
2. A reservation not used at the lime intended, but used later.
They kept my seat at the opera as a holdover because I am a patron.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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