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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
with·hold
[with-hohld, with-] Pronunciation Key verb, -held, -hold·ing.
[with-hohld, with-] Pronunciation Key verb, -held, -hold·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without 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. |
| 5. | to hold back; refrain. |
| 6. | to deduct withholding tax. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| with·hold
(wĭth-hōld', wĭth-) Pronunciation Key
v. with·held (-hěld'), with·hold·ing, with·holds v. tr.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
withhold
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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| withhold | |
verb | |
| 1. | hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" |
| 2. | retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Withhold
With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [With again, against, back + hold.]1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. --Spenser. 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good. --Milton. 3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
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