Definitions For Withholding

noun

  • The act of deducting from an employee's salary
  • The act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control
  • Income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer

verb

  • To hold (something) back
  • To refuse to provide (something)
  • To take out (an amount of money for taxes) from someone's income

Is Withholding a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
23

The word Withholding is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Withholding in a Sentence

  • She was accused of withholding evidence.
  • She has $20 withheld from her paycheck every week.

Antonyms for Withholding

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