Withholding

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  withholding
       n 1: the act of deducting from an employee's salary
       2: income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly
          to the government by the employer [syn: {withholding tax}]
       3: 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"