withholding tax

English Thesaurus

1. income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	income tax,
definition	:	a personal tax levied on annual income (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	pay as you earn, paye,
definition	:	the British system of withholding tax (noun.possession)

derivation	:	deduct, recoup, withhold,
definition	:	retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments (verb.possession)

derivation	:	deduct, recoup, withhold,
definition	:	retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments (verb.possession)