withholding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: withholding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for withholding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
withholding n the act of deducting from an employee's salary income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer Synonym(s): withholding tax, withholding 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld}, Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.] [With again, against, back + hold.] 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. --Spenser. 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good. --Milton. 3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.