withholding
  扣交; 扣繳
  withholding
  預扣稅款
  With·hold v. t. [imp. Withheld p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.]
  1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
  Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand
  From knitting league with him.   --Spenser.
  2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
  Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold
  Longer thy offered good.   --Milton.
  3. To keep; to maintain; to retain.  [Obs.]
     To withhold it the more easily in heart.   --Chaucer.
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  withholding
       n 1: the act of deducting from an employee's salary
       2: income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly
          to the government by the employer [syn: withholding tax]
       3: the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or
          control; "I resented his withholding permission"; "there
          were allegations of the withholding of evidence"