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withholding, vbl. n.|wɪðˈhəʊldɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb withhold: retention, restraint, keeping back, etc.
c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋267 How I shal gouerne me in the chesynge and in the withholdynge of my conseillours. c1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 116 Broodnesse of brest, and greetnesse of sholdres..by-tokyns..hardynesse, with witholdynge of wyt, and vndyrstondynge. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. lii. (1869) 96 So is to me an hevy blok the bodi, and a gret withholdinge. 1440–1Privy Counc. Proc. (P.R.O.), Thendentures of his withholdyng bitwix the Kyng and him. c1450Godstow Reg. 351 That they shulde receyue the tythys..with-out ony with-holdynge. 1454Rolls of Parlt. V. 254/1 That a notable some of monneye bee to me delivered..for the witholding and contenting of such Souldeours. 1526Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 518/2 Thair tressonable assegeing, taking and withhalding of the Kingis castell. a1651C. Love Combat Flesh & Spirit (1654) 41 The withholdings of the Spirit. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. II. 350 His very Withholdings and Delays are kindly meant. 1837Lockhart Scott IV. i. 18 The with⁓holding of the avowal. a1861Clough Poems, Uranus 3 The..blank profound, Which..holds All knowledge, ever by withholding holds. 1884Law Times Rep. (N.S.) LI. 242/2 If a party..obtains the sanction of the court by withholding information which is material..such withholding amounts to fraud.
2. Special Comb.: withholding rate U.S., the rate for a withholding tax; withholding table U.S., a table showing amounts of tax to be deducted from a dividend payment, salary, etc.; withholding tax orig. U.S., a tax deducted at source, spec. one levied by some countries on interest or dividends paid to a person resident outside that country.
1972Time 17 Apr. 43/3 Spending has been held back in part because of a colossal blooper by the House Ways and Means Committee in setting the new withholding rates. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 June 6-a/1 The House unanimously passed and sent to President Ford Tuesday a two-month extension of current lower income tax withholding rates.
1947Sun (Baltimore) 15 May 2/8 The Finance Committee halved the House bill for the current year and made the new withholding tables effective as of July 1.
1940U.S. Federal Rep. 2nd Ser. CXII. 1000/2 Intra-company payments designated as ‘interest’ would not be so regarded..for the purpose of the withholding tax. Ibid., The principal amount..was due complainant on account of withholding taxes. 1950Tax Cases XXXIII. 346 The Appellant received her arrears of interest as follows: In June, 1943{ddd}$18,000 Less: U.S. withholding tax at 30 per cent{ddd}5,400. 1960I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1961) 7 Will you tell me why the hell you never paid the withholding taxes for your employees? 1971Financial Mail (Johannesburg) 26 Feb. 717/1 Interest accruing to non-residents of the Republic is subject to deduction of a withholding tax at the rate of 10 per cent, exemption from the tax having been granted in respect of accruals of interest amounting to R20 or less in any one year. 1979Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 27/1 Many foreign countries have tax laws, which, in principle, require the foreign payer of the dividends or interest to deduct a withholding tax when making the payment to a non-resident. 1984Times 5 Oct. 25/1 The German withholding tax was introduced in 1965 to prevent an overvaluation of the Deutschemark injurious to exports.
So withˈholding ppl. a., that withholds.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. xiii. (1869) 183 With⁓holdinge, and ful of cley, and..glewy is þilke. 1898Fortn. Rev. Aug. 305 The eternal duel between the desiring flesh and the withholding spirit. |