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retention in British English
(rɪˈtɛnʃən)
noun
1.
the act of retaining or state of being retained
2.
the capacity to hold or retain liquid
3.
the capacity to remember
4. pathology
the abnormal holding within the body of urine, faeces, etc, that are normally excreted
5. business
a sum of money owed to a contractor but not paid for an agreed period as a safeguard against any faults found in the work carried out
6. (plural) accounting
profits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings
Word origin
C14: from Latin retentiō, from retinēre to retain
retention in American English
(rɪˈtɛnʃən)
noun
1.
a retaining or being retained
2.
power of or capacity for retaining
3.
a.
a remembering; memory
b.
ability to remember
4. Medicine
the retaining within the body of matter normally excreted
Word origin
ME retencioun < MFr retention < L retentio
retention in Insurance
(rɪtɛnʃən)
noun
(Insurance: Claims)
Retention of clients or money is the process of ensuring that a policyholder remains a customer of the insurer or that money to be paid out remains in the insurer's accounts.
Increasing the insurance company's product range increases client loyalty and clientretention.
Retention of business from existing brokers and clients is a key feature of our company's strategy.
Retention of clients or money is the process of ensuring that a policyholder remains a customerof the insurer or that money to be paid out remains in the insurer's accounts.
retain, retention of risk
COBUILD Collocations
retention
fluid retention
Examples of 'retention' in a sentence
retention
The retention and recognition package will be spread over two years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The retention of the previous conviction information is causing harm and distress to the individuals concerned.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It also questioned the efficacy of retention bonuses.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The reduction means that its retention period is the shortest in its peer group.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is particularly true if you experience fluid retention or high blood pressure.
Stewart, Dr Alan & Stewart, Maryon The Vitality Diet (1990)
They can share best practice and discuss the issues affecting recruitment and retention.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Preaching leads to a poor retention of information.
Christianity Today (2000)
In some cases the retention period may have been longer than necessary.
The Sun (2012)
Salt causes fluid retention and can raise blood pressure.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
These are seen as important to both recruitment and staff retention.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His heart began to balloon and he put on a stone in weight because of fluid retention.
The Sun (2008)
So in the middle of these redundancies there are recruitment and retention issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But with liver failure you would expect to see fluid retention elsewhere and his legs look normal.
The Sun (2014)
He has agree d to waive his retention bonus and longterm incentive payments as part of his exit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is a scientific fact that there is only a one per cent difference in heat retention between navy and beige.
Peter McEvoy For Love or Money (2006)
The circular will show he will nab a big retention bonus if he stays with the merged group for three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You can't have these sort of retention payments just for turning up for work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This will let the deal go ahead, but still give shareholders the chance to block the retention bonuses.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It did conclude that the retention of information was lawful if there were effective safeguards and data access was restricted to the fight against serious crime.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The miner is going back to the drawing board with a raft of planned retention packages, which have been modified already after widespread shareholder outrage.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Originally there was no such condition, and the retention package was linked to the merger vote so investors could not agree one without the other.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Shareholders generally take a dim view of retention payments and there was a similar revolt at easyJet in February.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
One leading shareholder said: 'The size of the retention packages should be reduced and the performance criteria made tougher.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
retention
British English: retention NOUN
The retention of something is the keeping of it.
They supported the retention of a strong central government.