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• Withholding — Withholding, in general, usually refers to a deduction of money (as withholding tax ) from an employee s wages or salary by an employer, for projected or actual Income tax liabilities, see:* PAYE (United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New… …   Wikipedia

• withholding — noun 1. the act of deducting from an employee s salary (Freq. 3) • Derivationally related forms: ↑withhold • Topics: ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑revenue enhancement • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• withholding — Used in the context of securities, the illegal practice of a public offering participant keeping some shares in a private account or with a family member, employee, or dealer to profit from the higher market price of a hot issue. Bloomberg… …   Financial and business terms

• Withholding — Withhold With*hold , v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld}, Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.] [With again, against, back + hold.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• withholding — with·hold·ing (wĭth hōlʹdĭng, wĭth ) n. A portion of an employee s wages or salary withheld by the employer as partial payment of the employee s income tax. Also called withholding tax. * * * …   Universalium

• withholding — Deductions from salaries or wages, usually for income taxes and social security contributions, to be remitted by the employer, in the employee s name, to the taxing authority @ withholding of evidence It is an obstruction of justice to stifle,… …   Black's law dictionary

• withholding — noun a) The deduction of taxes from an employees salary. b) The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government …   Wiktionary

• Withholding — Any tax that is taken directly out of an individual s wages or other income before he or she receives the funds. In other words, these funds are withheld from your wages …   Investment dictionary

• withholding — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. restraining, confining, checking, prohibiting, restricting, hindering, limiting, deterring, coercive, curbing, muzzling, bridling; see also confining . Ant. open*, liberating, freeing …   English dictionary for students

• withholding — n. hiding, concealing; prevention, restraining with hold || wɪð həʊld ,wɪθ v. hold back; restrain, keep in check; retain, deduct; refrain from giving …   English contemporary dictionary