/ English Dictionary

WITHHOLDING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of deducting from an employee's salary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("withholding" is a kind of...):

deduction; subtraction (the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole))

Domain category:

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)

Derivation:

withhold (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control

Example:

there were allegations of the withholding of evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("withholding" is a kind of...):

holding; keeping; retention (the act of retaining something)

Derivation:

withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer

Synonyms:

withholding; withholding tax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("withholding" is a kind of...):

income tax (a personal tax levied on annual income)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withholding"):

pay as you earn; PAYE (the British system of withholding tax)

Derivation:

withhold (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb withhold

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