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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.

v. Present participle of withhold.

n. The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.

n. The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.

n. income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer

n. the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control

n. the act of deducting from an employee's salary

"In two new reports, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy examine a broader range of withholding behaviors among life scientists than previously reported and describe how data withholding is affecting researchers in several fields during their training years."

withheld    withholding    withholds   

restrain    keep   

withheld   

underwithhold    overwithhold   

restrain    retain    keep    maintain    forbear    check    spare    detain    abstain   

Nolde    ahold    behold    bold    bowled    cajoled    cold    consoled    controlled    decontrolled   

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