English abbreviation dictionary - retain
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Retain
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~ v formal 1 to keep something or continue to have something (A copy of the invoice should be retained by the Accounts Department. | It's important that the elderly should retain a sense of dignity. | a heavy soil that retains water) (- see also retention (1)) 2 to keep facts in your memory 3 to make sure that you will have someone's help or services, by paying for them before you actually have them (They decided to retain their lawyer at their own expense. | retaining fee (=money paid to keep someone working for you)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(retains, retaining, retained) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To retain something means to continue to have that thing. (FORMAL) The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere... VERB: V n 2. If you retain a lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court. (LEGAL) He decided to retain him for the trial. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English reteinen, ~en, from Anglo-French retenir, reteigner, from Latin retinere to hold back, restrain, from re- + tenere to hold — more at thin Date: 15th century 1. a. to keep in possession or use b. to keep in one's pay or service; specifically to employ by paying a ~er c. to keep in mind or memory ; remember 2. to hold secure or intact Synonyms: see keep ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a keep possession of; not lose; continue to have, practise, or recognize. b not abolish, discard, or alter. 2 keep in one's memory. 3 keep in place; hold fixed. 4 secure the services of (a person, esp. a barrister) with a preliminary payment. Phrases and idioms retaining fee a fee paid to secure a person, service, etc. retaining wall a wall supporting and confining a mass of earth or water. Derivatives retainable adj. retainability n. retainment n. Etymology: ME f. AF retei(g)n- f. stem of OF retenir ult. f. L retinere retent- (as RE-, tenere hold) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) аккумулитовать 2) поддерживать 3) сохранять 4) удерживать retain terms of series — оставлять член ряда - retain charge ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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гл. 1) удерживать 2) поддерживать 3) сохранять - retain one's rights - retain the power - retained earnings RETAIN удерживать, сохранять – to retain a patent ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. удерживать; сдерживать; поддерживать a dyke to retain the waters —- плотина для сдерживания воды this vessel won't retain water —- этот сосуд пропускает воду to retain in custody —- юр. содержать под стражей (в тюрьме) 2. сохранять to retain the use of one's faculties —- сохранить свои способности to retain the power —- удержать власть to retain control over smth. —- сохранить контроль над чем-л. to retain hold of smth. —- удержать что-л. to retain a hold —- удержать захват (борьба) to retain a hold on smb.'s affection —- продолжать пользоваться чьей-л. привязанностью he still retains his sight —- он еще хорошо видит the hills, the forests and the rivers still retain their old Celtic names —- холмы, леса и реки все еще сохраняют старые кельтские названия 3. помнить, хранить в памяти I cannot retain these distinctions —- я не могу запомнить эти различия 4. приглашать, нанимать (особ. адвоката) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) удерживать; поддерживать; сдерживать; This vessel retains water perfectly. 2) сохранять; The Bank of England has taken further steps to retain control over the value of the pound. 3) помнить; I cannot retain these distinctions. 4) приглашать, нанимать (особ. адвоката) Syn: see remember ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1386, from O.Fr. retenir, from L. retinere "hold back," from re- "back" + tenere "to hold." Meaning "keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service" is from 1450; specifically of lawyers, 1548. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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