Definition of "withholdings" []

• Plural form of withholding. (noun)

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• "National Economic Council, said the administration still believes that changing the withholdings was a more effective form of stimulus than sending out rebate checks would have been."
• "Kaspar, who eventually became the head of the leading French Democratic Labor Confederation (CFDT) trade union in the late '80s, notes that the current "withholdings" are undertaken mostly by low-skilled and aging workers in areas suffering from high unemployment -- in other words, people for whom finding another job is unlikely and going on strike not much of an option because they are stretched financially."
• "On the positive side, she said, these cuts are actually "withholdings" for the next two quarters of the fiscal year, which means if the budget picture improves, the governor always can release the funds back to the arts council."