Definitions of withhold [ɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð-]

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Definition of 'withhold'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) withhold
to hold back; restrain or check.

2. withhold
to refrain from giving or granting.

3. withhold
to collect (taxes) at the source of income, esp. as a deduction from salary or wages.

4. (v.i.) withhold
to hold back; refrain.

Etymology: (1150–1200)

Definition of 'withhold'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) withhold, keep back
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
"The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

2. (verb) withhold, deduct, recoup
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
"My employer is withholding taxes"

Definition of 'withhold'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) withhold
to refuse to tell or give
The government is withholding the funds.; We believe she is withholding information.

Definition of 'withhold'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) withhold
to hold back; to restrain; to keep from action

2. (verb) withhold
to retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition

3. (verb) withhold
to keep; to maintain; to retain

Translation of 'withhold'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to refuse to give to withhold permission.
Afrikaans: nie gee nie	Arabic: يَمْتَنِع عَن، يُمْسِك	Bulgarian: отказвам да дам
Brazilian: recusar / negar	Czech: odepřít	German: vorenthalten
Danish: tilbageholde	Greek: αρνούμαι να δώσω, κατακρα	Spanish: negar, rehusar
Estonian: andmast keelduma	Farsi: خوددارى کردن	Finnish: evätä
French: refuser	Hebrew: לְסָרֵב לִמסוֹר	Hindi: रोकना
Croatian: ustegnuti, uskratiti	Hungarian: nem ad meg	Indonesian: tidak memberi
Icelandic: neita/synja um e-ð	Italian: rifiutare, negare	Japanese: 保留する
Korean: 억누르다	Lithuanian: neduoti, atsakyti	Latvian: atteikt; nedot
Malay: menyembunyikan; merahsiak	Dutch: weigeren	Norwegian: holde tilbake, nekte (å g
Polish: wstrzymać, odmówić	Persian: خوددارى کردن	Pashto: منعه كول، بندول، درول، تم
Portuguese: recusar	Romanian: a refuza (să dea)	Russian: отказывать в
Slovak: odoprieť	Slovenian: odreči	Serbian: uskratiti
Swedish: hålla inne med, vägra att	Thai: ระงับ; ไม่อนุมัติ	Turkish: esirgemek, vermemek
Taiwanese: 拒絕給予	Ukrainian: відмовляти (в чомусь); ут	Urdu: روکنا یا باز رکھنا
Vietnamese: từ chối	Chinese: 拒绝给予
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