overwithhold

verb

over·​with·​hold ˌō-vər-with-ˈhōld 

-wit͟h-

overwithheld ˌō-vər-with-ˈheld 

-wit͟h-

; overwithholding

transitive + intransitive

: to withhold too much of (something)

especially : to deduct a greater amount of (money) from an employee's pay for tax than the employee is legally required to pay

At least two-thirds of us overwithhold our pay for federal tax purposes.

—Brent Hunsberger

If you often get a big tax refund, you're overwithholding.

—Sheryl Nance-Nash

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above