We issue an Earnings Withholding Order for debtors who owe a delinquent court-ordered debt (Revenue and Taxation Code Section 19280, and California Code of Civil Procedure Section 706.074).
retract - pull inward or towards a center; The pilot drew in the landing gear; The cat retracted his claws
All of this terminology derives from Latin.  Subtraction  is an English word derived from the Latin verb subtrahere, which is in turn a compound of sub from under and trahere to pull; thus to subtract is to draw from below, take away.