withholding
IPA: wɪθhˈoʊɫdɪŋ
noun
- The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
- The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.
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Examples of "withholding" in Sentences
- Payroll withholding is for the purposes of paying income tax.
- Judicial Watch is suing the Justice Department for refusing to comply with FOIA in withholding documents about the case.
- While the Committee won't comment on why it donated to whom, it probably had very different reasons for withholding from the two women.
- If the land withheld is territory what purpose does Congress have in withholding the land from the state in which said land is situated?
- If Congress doesn't act and all the tax provisions expire as scheduled, employers would begin withholding at the higher tax rates immediately, leaving many taxpayers $100 or $200 a month poorer beginning in January.
- The prospect of a potentially long and drawn out debate on extending the tax cuts with a possible compromise on upper income individuals is something that I believe is not priced into markets nor is a possible rise in withholding rates early next year.
- In two new reports, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy examine a broader range of withholding behaviors among life scientists than previously reported and describe how data withholding is affecting researchers in several fields during their training years.
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