withhold
to hold back; restrain or check.
to refrain from giving or granting: to withhold payment.
to collect (taxes) at the source of income.
to deduct (withholding tax) from an employee's salary or wages.
to hold back; refrain.
to deduct withholding tax.
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Other words from withhold
- with·hold·er, noun
- un·with·held, adjective
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How to use withhold in a sentence
Only Art it was that withheld me, ah it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon me to produce, and so I endured.
Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is a lesson in finding hope in adversity | Charlie Harding | September 11, 2020 | VoxOr, in other words, “It would be the typical penalties and interest for not fully properly withholding your payroll taxes,” Shevchuck says.
As Trump’s payroll tax holiday kicks in, here’s what employers and employees need to know | Anne Sraders | September 1, 2020 | FortuneAccording to a report by Foreign Policy, US secretary of State Mike Pompeo has okayed a plan to withhold up to $130 million in foreign assistance slated for Ethiopia’s military and anti-human trafficking programs.
The US is considering cutting foreign assistance to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt | Zecharias Zelalem | August 29, 2020 | QuartzThis means withholding support from candidates whose values may match the organization’s but who are running in districts where challengers face long odds or where unseating the incumbent in a primary could hand the seat to the GOP in the general.
Progressive Groups Are Getting More Selective In Targeting Incumbents. Is It Working? | Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 21, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe statistics are an estimate how many of the W-2 tax forms that are used to track employee wages and withholding the agency will receive.
The U.S. economy is shedding over 1 million jobs per week. They won’t come back for years, the IRS says | Bernhard Warner | August 21, 2020 | Fortune
In order to withhold the photographs, the secretary of defense must certify that photographs could cause harm to Americans.
The Detainee Abuse Photos Obama Didn’t Want You To See | Noah Shachtman, Tim Mak | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe expected truth in others and could not withhold the truth about himself.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd is it right for us to withhold assistance and punish civilians?
The desire to withhold participation trophies increased with income, age, and education.
The Daily Beast agreed to withhold her name out of concern for her privacy as a victim of sexual assault.
Exclusive: ‘Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,’ Rape Victim Says | Josh Rogin | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey cannot withhold dividends in order to depress the value of the property and buy its stock at a lower price.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSir Robert Peel said that he did not desire to withhold his sentiments on this subject.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanIf upon Hollister had been bestowed the power to grant her sight or to withhold it, he would have shrunk from a decision.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairWhat I would grant to the devil himself, I would not withhold even from the slaveholder—his due.
Never before had I known a time so subtly, viciously, confidently to withhold its omens.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman Duncan
British Dictionary definitions for withhold
/ (wɪðˈhəʊld) /
(tr) to keep back; refrain from giving: he withheld his permission
(tr) to hold back; restrain
(tr) to deduct (taxes, etc) from a salary or wages
(intr usually foll by from) to refrain or forbear
Derived forms of withhold
- withholder, noun
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