Oxford Dictionary English withholding tax nounnoun BrE BrE//wɪðˈhəʊldɪŋ tæks// ; NAmE NAmE//wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ tæks// ; BrE BrE//wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ tæks// ; NAmE NAmE//wɪθˈhoʊldɪŋ tæks// [countable, uncountable] Add to my wordlistjump to other results(in the US) an amount of money that an employer takes out of somebody’s income as tax and pays directly to the government compare pay as you earnSee withholding tax in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: withholding tax oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com