Synonyms for withholding
with·hold·ing

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1. withholdingnoun

   the act of deducting from an employee's salary

   Synonyms:
   withholding tax

2. withholding tax, withholdingnoun

   income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer

   Synonyms:
   withholding tax

3. withholdingnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   withholding tax

Matched Categories

1. • Deduction
   • Retention
   • Tax

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1. withholdingnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, repression, abstinence, refusal, denial

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1. List of paraphrases for "withholding":

   retention, restraint, deduction, holdback, deductions, retainage, concealment, impoundment, retaining, non-disclosure, detent, hold, withheld

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How to use withholding in a sentence?

1. Mark Inch:

   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.

2. Merrick Garland:

   In some circumstances, a respondent’s mental health condition may indicate that the respondent does not pose a danger to the community, of course, an individual may pose a danger to the community notwithstanding a mental health condition, and in those cases, the ‘ particularly serious crime ’ bar to asylum and withholding of removal may apply.

3. Justin McCurry:

   Contribute to your 401( k) and push your withholding up to 8 % or 10 % from 6 % or 7 %, your paycheck doesn't go down a lot when you do, but it will add up a lot down the road because of compound interest.

4. Donald Trump:

   As far as withholding funds, those funds were paid. They were fully paid, but my complaint has always been, and I'd withhold again and I'll continue to withhold until such time as European Union and other nations contribute to Ukraine, because they're not doing it.

5. Margaret Johnson:

   SB 25 is a not-so-subtle way of giving medical personnel the opportunity to impose the religious beliefs on pregnant women by withholding information about the condition of their fetus and depriving them of making an informed decision about continuing with their pregnancy.