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WITHHOLDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of deducting from an employee's salary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withholding" is a kind of...):
deduction; subtraction (the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole))
Domain category:
revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)
Derivation:
withhold (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control
Example:
there were allegations of the withholding of evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withholding" is a kind of...):
holding; keeping; retention (the act of retaining something)
Derivation:
withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
Synonyms:
withholding; withholding tax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("withholding" is a kind of...):
income tax (a personal tax levied on annual income)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withholding"):
pay as you earn; PAYE (the British system of withholding tax)
Derivation:
withhold (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb withhold
