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Synonyms for withholding
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Princeton's WordNet
withholding(noun)
the act of deducting from an employee's salary
Synonyms:
withholding taxwithholding tax, withholding(noun)
income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
Synonyms:
withholding taxwithholding(noun)
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"
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withholding tax
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
withholding(n)
Synonyms:
restraint, repression, abstinence, refusal, denial
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "withholding":
retention, restraint, deduction, holdback, deductions, retainage, concealment, impoundment, retaining, non-disclosure, detent, hold, withheld
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1275 | hold | |
#6563 | retention | |
#11400 | deduction | |
#12790 | retaining | |
#14199 | deductions | |
#14714 | withheld | |
#15035 | restraint | |
#16636 | withholding | |
#39704 | concealment | |
#50478 | impoundment | |
#102590 | detent | |
#133540 | holdback | |
#135501 | retainage |
How to use withholding in a sentence?
There's been this continuing drip, drip, drip of information, either they haven't had all the information -- or they've been withholding it.
The agency has yet to identify any legal basis for withholding these documents. The Committee intends to use all tools at its disposal to undertake its Constitutionally-mandated oversight responsibilities.
These redactions at least raise eyebrows. The categories that the Freedom of Information Act allows the government to withhold are sufficiently vague that it's hard to say whether these redactions were actually in violation of that law, but does it appear suspicious given the damning nature of what was withheld, and the current government's obvious motivation for withholding it.
It is unconscionable that abortion providers are fighting against the health of Texans and withholding desperately needed supplies and personal protective equipment in favor of a procedure that they refer to as a choice.
I will certainly communicate if there's a misperception that we are withholding educational and recreational books of any form, because that is certainly not the case.
Translations for withholding
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- حجبArabic
- ennakonpidätysFinnish
- pemotonganIndonesian
- khấu trừVietnamese
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