Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
withhold - 4 dictionary results

with⋅hold

  [with-hohld, with-] verb, -held, -hold⋅ing.
Use withhold 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.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To withhold
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : withhold
Spanish: negar, rehusar,
German: vorenthalten,
Japanese: 保留する
More Translations »

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
Cite This Source
Search another word or see withhold on Thesaurus | Reference