Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: withholding
IPA transcription: [wɪθh'oʊldɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: withholding
    Meaning: the act of deducting from an employee's salary
  • Synonyms: withholding_tax, withholding
    Meaning: income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
  • Synonyms: withholding
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Under these altered conditions it has become a question whether we are justified in withholding from the world an account of a phenomenon which we believe to be of unparalleled interest, merely because our private life is involved, or because we are afraid of ridicule and doubt being cast upon our statements.
  • But as the same constitution which gives the commons a power to check the king by withholding the supplies, gives afterwards the king a power to check the commons, by empowering him to reject their other bills; it again supposes that the king is wiser than those whom it has already supposed to be wiser than him.