'Withholding' definitions:
Definition of 'withholding'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of deducting from an employee's salary
noun
Income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer [syn: withholding tax, 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"
Definition of 'Withholding'
From: GCIDE
- Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [With again, against, back + hold.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. [1913 Webster]
- Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. [1913 Webster]
- Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]