withhold payment
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payment */*/*/ — UK [ˈpeɪmənt] / US noun Word forms payment : singular payment plural payments 1) [countable] an amount of money that you pay or receive The first payment is due on 31 January. make a payment: You have to make a payment of £55 every month. meet… … English dictionary
withhold — UK [wɪðˈhəʊld] / US [wɪðˈhoʊld] verb [transitive] Word forms withhold : present tense I/you/we/they withhold he/she/it withholds present participle withholding past tense withheld UK [wɪðˈheld] / US past participle withheld formal to deliberately … English dictionary
payment — pay|ment [ peımənt ] noun *** 1. ) count an amount of money that you pay or receive: The first payment is due on January 31. make a payment: You have to make a payment of $55 every month. meet payments (=manage to make payments): He failed to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
withhold — 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
withhold — 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
withhold — [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… …
withhold — with‧hold [wɪDˈhəʊld, wɪθ ǁ ˈhoʊld] withheld PTandPP [ ˈheld] verb [transitive] 1. to refuse to let someone have something: • I withheld payment until they had completed the work. • Part of your salary is withheld for income tax. 2 … Financial and business terms
payment — noun 1 paying/being paid ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate (esp. BrE), prompt ▪ late ▪ penalties for late payment of tax ▪ early (esp. BrE) ▪ … Collocations dictionary
withhold — verb ADVERB ▪ deliberately, intentionally (esp. AmE) VERB + WITHHOLD ▪ threaten to ▪ The government was threatening to withhold future financial aid. ▪ decide to … Collocations dictionary
withhold — 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
