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income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer

noun, pl ⋯ taxes [count]

US : money that is taken from a person's pay and given directly to the government as income tax — called also (Brit) PAYE

withˈholding tax f40 [withholding tax] noun countable, uncountable

(in the US) an amount of money that an employer takes out of sb's income as tax and pays directly to the government

compare ↑pay as you earn