In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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
17 March 2025
(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.