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Webster 1828 Edition


Withholding

WITHHOLDING

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ppr.
Holding back; restraining; retaining; not granting.

Definition 2024


withholding

withholding

English

Verb

withholding

  1. present participle of withhold

Noun

withholding (usually uncountable, plural withholdings)

  1. The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
  2. The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.

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