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▪ I. reˈtaining, vbl. n.
[f. retain v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb, in various senses.
c1450Godstow Reg. 257 Without ony reteynyng or withholdyng-agayn to hym or to his heires. 1472–3Rolls of Parlt. VI. 49/2 Tyll by reteignyng of the same rent..he or they..be contented. c1500in I. S. Leadam Star Chamber Cas. (1903) 97 He neyther can ne may defende them..bycause of the saide reteynyng in warde. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 88 Here his witte shalbe new set on worke:..his memorie, for sure reteyning, better exercised. 1638Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II.) 37 Italian examples of being captious and retaining of spleene. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 104/2 A kind of vessel ready prepared for the retaining of water. 1892[see retain v. 2 d].
▪ II. reˈtaining, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That retains.
1. Serving to retain or hold by physical force or resistance; esp. retaining wall, a wall built to support a mass of earth or water.
1611Cotgr., La Retentive, the retaining force of nature whereby food is held in the stomacke. 1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 285 Forming a sort of circular Retaining-bank. 1838Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 380/2 In the backing of retaining-walls..it may in many cases be advantageously applied. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 753/2 Retaining Ring (Railway), a metallic ring which secures the wheel-center to the tire. Ibid., A retaining valve.
2. retaining fee, = retainer1 3. Also bribe.
1694Congreve Double Dealer ii. vii, While I plead for you, your aunt has given me a retaining fee. 1709S. Centlivre Gamester i. i, I find Dorante, my master's Uncle, has given you a retaining fee. 1727Pope & Gay What passed in London Swift's Wks. 1751 VI. 272 Imagining a Pension was only an annual retaining Bribe. 1802E. Parsons Myst. Visit I. 27 A note of twenty pounds, received as a retaining fee. 1884Illustr. Lond. News 1 Oct. 410/3 Besides all this, there are ‘retaining fees’ and presents. |