withhold payment
Frequency: 5.55.1 per million words
to refuse to make a payment until a condition is met
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Examples (10)
- The company decided to withhold payment until the work was completed satisfactorily.
- If the goods are damaged, consumers have the right to withhold payment.
- They threatened to withhold payment for the disputed services.
- He had to withhold a portion of the payment due to unresolved issues.
- The contractor's failure to meet deadlines led the client to withhold payment.
- We will withhold final payment until all repairs are finished.
- She advised her client to withhold payment if the terms of the contract were not met.
- The union encouraged its members to withhold payment of dues in protest.
- It is standard practice to withhold a percentage of payment as retention.
- They are planning to withhold payment for the faulty equipment.