Withhold+from

  • 11withhold — with|hold [ wıð hould ] (past tense and past participle with|held [ wıð held ] ) verb transitive FORMAL to deliberately not give something to someone: Several nations decided to withhold their support for the treaty. He suggested they withhold… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12withhold — [[t]wɪðhe̱ld[/t]] withholds, withholding, withheld VERB If you withhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it. [FORMAL] [V n] Police withheld the dead boy s name yesterday until relatives could be told... [V n] Financial aid… …

    English dictionary

  • 13withhold — To keep something from another. To retain in one s possession that which belongs to or is claimed by another. Ballew v United States, 160 US 187, 194, 40 L Ed 388, 392, 16 S Ct 263. Withhold implies rather a temporary suspension, than a total and …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 14withhold — v.tr. (past and past part. held) 1 (often foll. by from) hold back; restrain. 2 refuse to give, grant, or allow (withhold one s consent; withhold the truth). Derivatives: withholder n. Etymology: ME f. with away (as WITH) + HOLD(1) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 15withhold — withholder, n. /with hohld , widh /, v., withheld, withholding. v.t. 1. to hold back; restrain or check. 2. to refrain from giving or granting: to withhold payment. 3. to collect (taxes) at the source of income. 4. to deduct (withholding tax)… …

    Universalium

  • 16withhold — verb past tense and past participle withheld, (T) 1 to refuse to let someone have something, especially until something else is done: I withheld payment until they had completed the work. 2 withhold facts/evidence/information to refuse to give… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17withhold — [c]/wɪðˈhoʊld / (say widh hohld), /wɪθ / (say with ) verb (withheld, withholding) –verb (t) 1. to hold back; restrain or check. 2. to refrain from giving or granting: to withhold payment. –verb (i) 3. Obsolete to hold back; refrain. {Middle… …

  • 18withhold — To retain in one s possession that which belongs to or is claimed or sought by another. To omit to disclose upon request; as, to withhold information. To refrain from paying that which is due …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 19withhold — Synonyms and related words: abstain, abstain from, arrest, avoid, begrudge, bit, bosom, bridle, check, classify, close the hand, conceal, conserve, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, decelerate, deny, detain, disallow, do …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20withhold — with|hold [wıðˈhəuld, wıθ US ˈhould] v past tense and past participle withheld [ ˈheld] [T] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: with from + hold] to refuse to give someone something ▪ I withheld payment until they had completed the work. ▪ Ian was accused… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English