Sentence examples for held back payment from inspiring English sources

Trump had held back payment of $34,863 on a $200,000 job.

It has also held back payments to provincial governments.

The disagreement dates back to the early months of this year when Pentagon auditors held back payments of $36m.

Then, when our business grew from $500 a month to $48,500 a month, the bank we were using to manage our credit card sales held back payments to us for 60 days.

In the south of Germany 1860 Munich investor Hasan Ismaik, who owns 60% of the joint-stock company that operates the clubs professional team but only has 49.1% of the voting power within the company, held back payments he had promised ahead of the season until very last moment.

"If the contractor misses [some work], we're looking at holding back payment for work that's not in compliance [with the contract]," Panossian said.

However, in recent months, easyJet has been accused of holding back payments months after claims have been made.

The New York Times reported that bankers will also have their bonuses deferred for a longer period, which makes it easier to hold back payments if misconduct comes to the attention of regulators.

The fund, which has expanded to 150 countries since it was founded in 2002 as a pool for public and private donations to fight the world's worst diseases, quietly decided to hold back payments from a major AIDS grant to China in November.

The Fed chairman painted a grim picture should the nation fail to meet the deadline and be forced to hold back payments to Social Security beneficiaries, something that President Obama said Tuesday was possible if the impasse was not broken.

So too does the Palestinian authority, which held back the payment of civil servants' salaries in Gaza.