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with-hold

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with⋅hold

  [with-hohld, with-] verb, -held, -hold⋅ing.
Use with-hold in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to hold back; restrain or check.
2. to refrain from giving or granting: to withhold payment.
3. to collect (taxes) at the source of income.
4. to deduct (withholding tax) from an employee's salary or wages.
–verb (used without object)
5. to hold back; refrain.
6. to deduct withholding tax.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME withholden. See with-, hold 1

Related forms:
with⋅hold⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. suppress, repress. See keep.

Antonyms:
1, 2. advance.
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Word Origin & History

withhold 
c.1200, from with- "back, away" (see with) + holden "to hold" (see hold (v.)); probably a loan-translation of L. retinere "to withhold." Past participle form withholden was still used 19c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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