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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.

–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-, hold¹

]

—Related forms

with·hold·er, noun

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

—Antonyms 1, 2. advance.

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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.

To keep in check; restrain.
To refrain from giving, granting, or permitting. See Synonyms at keep.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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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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