retaining

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/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To keep in possession or use.
To keep in one's pay or service.
To employ by paying a retainer.
To hold secure.

noun

The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.

adjective

Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

Related words

Synonyms

keep retentive holding retainer retention reserve maintain support sustain sustaining sustainment saving preserving detain upholding remaining

Associated

walls wall ownership stake portfolio citizenship seat concrete rank title

Rhymes

waning pertaining straining feigning sustaining training reigning maintaining remaining complaining

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