retain /ri-tānˈ/

1. To keep
2. To hold back
3. To continue to hold
4. To keep up
5. To employ or keep engaged, eg by a fee paid
6. To keep in mind

retainˈable adjective

retainˈer noun

1. A person or thing that retains
2. A dependant of a person of rank, owing some service to him or her (historical)
3. A family servant of long standing
4. An authorization
5. A retaining fee (in legal usage, general to secure a priority of claim on a counsel's services, special for a particular case)
6. An appliance worn in the mouth to keep straightened teeth in position

retainˈership noun

retainˈment noun

retaining fee noun

The advance fee paid to a lawyer to defend a cause

retaining wall noun

A wall to hold back solid material, such as earth or (loosely) water (also called revetment)

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