Definition of "withholding" []

• 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. (noun)

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• "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."
• "The prospect of a potentially long and drawn out debate on extending the tax cuts with a possible compromise on upper income individuals is something that I believe is not priced into markets nor is a possible rise in withholding rates early next year."
• "If Congress doesn't act and all the tax provisions expire as scheduled, employers would begin withholding at the higher tax rates immediately, leaving many taxpayers $100 or $200 a month poorer beginning in January."