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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1. Laura Meyers:

   Planned Parenthood is never going to allow the Trump-Pence administration to bully us into withholding critical health information from our patients.

2. 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.

3. Alan Dershowitz:

   Its not, its not, the question is how you define corrupt, and my argument was theres a big difference between taking a bribe -- I gave an example right on the floor of The Senate. If the president said, Im not giving you your money, Im withholding the money unless you let me build a hotel and have my name on it or give me a million-dollar kickback.Thats corrupt. Thats clear.

4. Aitan Goelman:

   If the Committees were actually interested in making sure The American people knew the truth, The American people would release the transcript of Pete's previous testimony, the American people real intentions are made clear by the fact that The American people took Peter Strzok testimony in secret, selectively leaked parts of it and are now withholding the transcript from the public.

5. Kate Welker:

   I recommend everyone take a look at their paycheck and make sure it makes sense, the IRS has a withholding calculator that walks through the variables you would want to consider when filling out a W4.