withdraw

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By the “4% rule” I should be able to withdraw $160K a year.

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Quick take

pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of withdraw gathered in one view.

verb

pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

verb

withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

verb

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for withdraw.

verb

pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

verb

withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

verb

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

verb

cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

verb

take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

verb

keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

See also: seclude, sequester, sequestrate

verb

break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

verb

retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

verb

remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

verb

lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

verb

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

verb

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

Example sentences

By the “4% rule” I should be able to withdraw $160K a year.

Would you like to withdraw your comment X in thread Y and post this comment?

As a consequence, people wanting to exit Mt. Gox would buy BTC on the exchange and withdraw it.

If not, we'll withdraw the product and fire another random shotgun blast.

The $1000/day withdraw limit was active for this account and the hacker could only get out with $1000 worth of coins.

Without more solid proof you should withdraw your accusations.

Trades are internal to Mt. Gox until you withdraw your money either as bitcoins or as USD.

Now I think I'll sip a cocoa while leisurely planning my review of our withdraw scheduling code.

Now suppose the banks depositors get wind of the situation and all try to withdraw their deposits at once.

The compromised account had a $1000 per day withdraw limit, so the thief could only withdraw $1000 after selling all those coins.

Besides which, I think its fair to withdraw a like from something if you believe its outlived its usefulness.

Another option would be to allow the withdrawal of pending comments by the submitting user.

If this withdraw results in NSF fees, particularly for a chargeback of such a small amount, that is the merchant's fault for not funding their account.

Some airlines or hotel chains withdraw from GDS systems, and return eventually with negiotiated better fees.

Mt. Gox didn't let you withdraw real currencies other than JPY, most interestingly the dollar, from approximately last August.

The IMF usually props up failing economies and forces legislation that lets foreign investors reduce or withdraw their local investments.

No matter what they say, GoDaddy hasn't reversed their position until they do so in front of Congress and publicly withdraw their letter of support from the judiciary committee hearings.

"But also:"The shifting industry practices force investigators to make difficult choices: withdraw data requests, allow notification to happen or go to magistrate judges to seek either gag orders or search warrants, which typically are issued under seal for a fixed period of time, delaying notification.

If the merchant has kept all funds out of reach of Square, by withdrawing all their money from the account and keeping the associated bank account empty, the merchant is indicating that they do not intend on fulfilling their end of the bargain on having a merchant account - namely honoring chargebacks and the determination process for chargeback disputes.