WITHHOLD


Meaning of WITHHOLD in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

withhold (your) consent (= not give it )

A patient has the right to withhold consent to treatment.

withholding tax

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

consent

An absolute prohibition against assignment is less popular than a qualified prohibition which requires a landlord not to withhold consent unreasonably.

information

Either we become regarded as gratuitously destructive iconoclasts, or the shepherd himself becomes suspect for having withheld information .

In an interview Thursday, Albright said she could not question her parents' motivations in withholding the information .

Why would Rohmer withhold that information from us.

However, leaders who refuse to speak with the media give the impression that we are withholding information .

And the official line, as well as school lessons and folk knowledge, all colluded with the withholding of information .

It is not at all unusual during wartime for leaders to withhold military information with the men in the grass.

The tactics of conflict may be as follows: One manager will withhold information from another.

He said the majority of recalls and other related corrective actions do not include allegations that a company withheld safety information .

name

We won't be able to withhold his name .

Authorities withheld the players' names pending the filing of formal charges.

Police are withholding the woman's name until relatives are informed.

payment

On imprisonment and so-called amnesties, it is illegal and irresponsible to withhold payment of the community charge.

The problem for Mr Kasyanov is that he seems to have underestimated the strength of western reaction to the withholding of payments .

Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.

tax

Among these was a plan to cut the amount of personal income tax withheld by employers during the year.

The more exemptions he claims, the less income tax you withhold from his paycheck.

It is subject to social security taxes and income tax withholding .

Payroll taxes consist of two different kinds of tax, an employer-paid tax and withheld taxes.

treatment

Our patients were manifesting potentially dangerous hypoxaemia, and we did not consider it ethically appropriate to withhold this form of treatment .

Therefore, we must withhold further treatments .

Thus age should not be the sole criterion for withholding aggressive treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in older patients.

They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.

■ VERB

threaten

His officials threatened to withhold future financial aid, or even to freeze existing programmes.

In all, Mr. Dear threatened to withhold the certificate of efficiency if matters did not improve.

Suppliers are not being paid by Brent Walker head office and as a consequence are threatening to withhold their services.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Civil servants should be as helpful as possible, and withhold information only in the interests of national security.

Doctors do not have the right to withhold necessary treatment from a patient.

He was accused of withholding vital evidence from the police.

The new law allows you to withhold payment if you think a bill is incorrect.

When the article was published, I asked for my name to be withheld.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Given the power of the managerial hierarchy to dispense or withhold rewards, open acts of defiance expose individuals to reprisal.

Many were blacked out except for a sentence or less; other pages were withheld in their entirety.

She appreciated him, he said, flattered him, but always seemed to withhold something.

They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.

To maintain the row's high pitch of energy, you need to make sure that sympathy is withheld by all parties.

Where there is no love to start with, there is nothing of an abstract nature to withhold .

Who do I think I am to withhold it so selfishly?

You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.

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