how to pronounce withholding

/wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ/

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withholding is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of withholding in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that keep faith withholding the earth's …”

meanings of withholding

noun:

The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.
The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.

verb:

Present participle of withhold.

withholding frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word withholding occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics withholding can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that withholding can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;