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withholding Synonyms

withholding

modif.

restraining, confining, checking, prohibiting, restricting, hindering, limiting, deterring, coercive, curbing, muzzling, bridling; see also confining.

Antonyms open*, liberating, freeing.

withholding Law Definition

n

  1. The portion of earned wages that an employer deducts to cover income tax purposes and forwards to the government.
  2. The process by which the employer makes the deduction. See also W-2 form and W-4 form.

Browse dictionary entries near withholding

  1. ‹ withhold
  2. ‹ withheld
  3. ‹ Witherspoon
  4. ‹ withershins
  5. ‹ withers
  6. ‹ witherite
  7. ‹ withering
  8. ‹ withered
  9. ‹ wither
  10. ‹ withe rod
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