WITHHELD
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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.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —vb (usually foll by from) , -holds, -holding, -held | |
| 1. | (tr) to keep back; refrain from giving: he withheld his permission |
| 2. | (tr) to hold back; restrain |
| 3. | (tr) to deduct (taxes, etc) from a salary or wages |
| 4. | to refrain or forbear |
| with'holder | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
By having less withheld, people can get their money upfront, rather than waiting for a refund.
The poor reaction in part reflects fears that rescue money could be withheld.
As a scientist, the idea of having any scientific work withheld is one that does not sit well.
Names of the defendants were withheld because they are juveniles or were juveniles at the time and were tried as juveniles.
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