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.
Origin of withhold
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Other words for withhold
Opposites for withhold
Other words from withhold
- with·hold·er, noun
- un·with·held, adjective
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How to use withhold in a sentence
As for Snyderman and her three colleagues, whose names were also withheld, they will be flown home on a chartered aircraft.
NBC Cameraman Gets Ebola, News Crew to Be Quarantined | Lloyd Grove | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the charges are cover for cultural misunderstandings, sexual assaults, and withheld wages.
Will Saudi Arabia Execute Guest Workers for 'Witchcraft'? | Michael Schulson | March 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe withheld the salaries of parliamentarians who refused to rubberstamp his laws, and lawyers who challenged him were disbarred.
Forget Kim Jong Un—China’s New Favorite Dictator Is Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko. | Kapil Komireddi | January 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause more people are working at slightly higher wages, the volume of withheld income and payroll taxes is on the upswing.
In addition to collecting withheld payment taxes, companies and individuals pay quarterly taxes.
He wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAguinaldo withheld his decision until Paterno could report to him the definite opinions of his generals.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanAccordingly all through the campaign Napoleon constantly came to him for advice, which was never withheld.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonIt is true that some things vowed might have been withheld, but not without the offering of a definite sum of money.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamWhen there are so many good and beautiful things in the world, why do you see only this that is being withheld?
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
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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