withholding
(noun) the act of deducting from an employee’s salary
withholding
(noun) the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control; “I resented his withholding permission”; “there were allegations of the withholding of evidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
withholding
present participle of withhold
withholding (usually uncountable, plural withholdings)
The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.
Source: Wiktionary
With*hold", v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden (; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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