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WITHHOLDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who restrains or checks or holds back
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("withholder" is a kind of...):
controller; restrainer (a person who directs and restrains)
Derivation:
withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who refrains from granting
Example:
a withholder of payments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("withholder" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Antonym:
granter (a person who grants or gives something)
Derivation:
withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)
withhold (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments)
