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with·hold
/
wɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð-
/
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[
with-
hohld
, wi
th
-
]
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verb,
with·held,
with·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
.
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Origin:
1150–1200;
Middle English
withholden.
See
with-
,
hold
1
Related forms
with·hold·er,
noun
un·with·held,
adjective
Synonyms
1, 2.
suppress, repress. See
keep
.
Antonyms
1, 2.
advance.
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withhold
(wɪðˈhəʊld)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The savings would show up in workers' paychecks as a result of lower
withholding
by employers.
There is no option for those employees to refuse
withholding
and individually
file a tax return at the end of the year.
But it was not clear what role, if any, they had played in the military's
withholding
of information.
But those who didn't receive the full credit through
withholding
will receive
the balance in their refunds.
As the chart illustrates, noncompliance is lowest in areas where there is substantial reporting requirements and
withholding
.
To suggest now that the agency is somehow
withholding
potentially curative treatment from the population is ridiculous.
But it shouldn't be done by
withholding
information consumers need to make choices.
Suggesting otherwise by
withholding
pay rises and bonuses would call their judgment into question.
Others are boycotting the event or
withholding
their conference papers.
Liquidity should be provided only if
withholding
it would be so costly to the economy that the moral hazard could be ignored.
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"A poor widow, by the name of Baird, has a son in the Army that for some offence has been sentenced to serve a long time without pay, or at most, with very little pay. I do not like this punishment of
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-Abraham Lincoln
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