"withholding" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/ [UK], /wɪðˈhəʊldɪŋ/ [UK], /wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ/ [US], /wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ/ [US] Forms: withholdings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} withholding (usually uncountable, plural withholdings)
  1. The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Taxation Translations (deduction of taxes from employees' salary): ennakonpidätys (Finnish), staðgreiðsla (Icelandic), retención fiscal [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-withholding-en-noun-cDNiBwqC Disambiguation of Taxation: 52 39 9 Disambiguation of "deduction of taxes from employees' salary": 95 5
  2. The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (tax so deducted): ennakonpidätys (Finnish), Quellensteuer [feminine] (German), staðgreiðsla (Icelandic), 원천징수 (woncheonjingsu) (alt: 源泉徵收) (Korean), retención fiscal [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-withholding-en-noun-ILbAPjYV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 77 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 66 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 72 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 84 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 68 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 18 68 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 18 68 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 75 10 Disambiguation of 'tax so deducted': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: withholding tax

Verb

IPA: /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/ [UK], /wɪðˈhəʊldɪŋ/ [UK], /wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ/ [US], /wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ/ [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} withholding
  1. present participle and gerund of withhold Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: withhold
    Sense id: en-withholding-en-verb-GueA7-Tx

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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