Associations to the word «Withhold»
Noun
- Assent
- Irs
- Consent
- Payment
- Dividend
- Payroll
- Disclosure
- Discretion
- Exemption
- Sustaining
- Medicare
- Employer
- Appropriation
- Approval
- Veto
- Tax
- Wage
- Privilege
- Due
- Approbation
- Admiration
- Information
- Endorsement
- Repentance
- Salary
- Prosecutor
- Funding
- Notification
- Prosecution
- Royalty
- Censor
- Taxpayer
- Captive
- Censure
- Forgiveness
- Bounty
- Judgment
- Defendant
- Blessing
- Judgement
- Redress
- Misconduct
- Antidote
- Reservoir
- Pay
- Employee
- Imf
- Deduction
- Him
- Fbi
- Sympathy
- Mcclellan
- Internment
- Permission
- Delicacy
- Allegation
- Quixote
- Fund
- Compensation
- Plaintiff
- Contractor
- Mercy
- Confession
Adjective
Wiktionary
WITHHOLD, verb. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
WITHHOLD, verb. (transitive) To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
WITHHOLD, verb. (transitive) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
Dictionary definition
WITHHOLD, verb. Hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room".
WITHHOLD, verb. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.