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withheld

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with⋅hold

  [with-hohld, with-] verb, -held, -hold⋅ing.
Use withheld 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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with·hold   (wĭth-hōld', wĭth-)   
v.   with·held (-hěld'), with·hold·ing, with·holds

v.   tr.

  1. To keep in check; restrain.

  2. To refrain from giving, granting, or permitting. See Synonyms at keep.

  3. To deduct (withholding tax) from an employee's salary.

v.   intr.
To refrain or forbear.

[Middle English witholden : with, away from; see with + holden, to hold; see hold1.]
with·hold'er n.
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