Associations to the word «Placeholder»

Wiktionary

PLACEHOLDER, noun. Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

Dictionary definition

PLACEHOLDER, noun. A person authorized to act for another.
PLACEHOLDER, noun. A symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope