retaining
/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To keep in possession or use.
- To keep in one's pay or service.
- To employ by paying a retainer.
- To hold secure.
- To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.
- To restrain; to prevent.
- The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
- Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
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