withholding
noun
Simple meaning
Deducting from an employee's salary.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
wihthhohldingSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The act of deducting from an employee's salary
The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
Income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of deducting from an employee's salary
Used this way, withholding is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use withholding
- “He noticed the withholding from his paycheck was higher this month.”noun
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