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  • noun Plural form of withholding.

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Examples

  • National Economic Council, said the administration still believes that changing the withholdings was a more effective form of stimulus than sending out rebate checks would have been.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL COOPER 2010

  • National Economic Council, said the administration still believes that changing the withholdings was a more effective form of stimulus than sending out rebate checks would have been.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL COOPER 2010

  • National Economic Council, said the administration still believes that changing the withholdings was a more effective form of stimulus than sending out rebate checks would have been.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL COOPER 2010

  • Kaspar, who eventually became the head of the leading French Democratic Labor Confederation (CFDT) trade union in the late '80s, notes that the current "withholdings" are undertaken mostly by low-skilled and aging workers in areas suffering from high unemployment -- in other words, people for whom finding another job is unlikely and going on strike not much of an option because they are stretched financially.

    The Nation: Top Stories 2009

  • On the positive side, she said, these cuts are actually "withholdings" for the next two quarters of the fiscal year, which means if the budget picture improves, the governor always can release the funds back to the arts council.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • On the positive side, she said, these cuts are actually "withholdings" for the next two quarters of the fiscal year, which means if the budget picture improves, the governor always can release the funds back to the arts council.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • On the positive side, she said, these cuts are actually "withholdings" for the next two quarters of the fiscal year, which means if the budget picture improves, the governor always can release the funds back to the arts council.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • Literally, "That which was the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah concerning the dearth" drought -- literally, the "withholdings," namely, of rain (De 11: 17; 2Ch

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • So the people who will get full refunds anyway are having a smaller refund due to less withholdings?

    Think Progress » Obama on Tea Partiers: “You would think they would be saying, ‘Thank you’” for my tax cuts. 2010

  • Some people qualify for a larger refund than their withholdings.

    Think Progress » Obama on Tea Partiers: “You would think they would be saying, ‘Thank you’” for my tax cuts. 2010

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