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retaining en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/

Meanings

(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

Deriveds

retaining wall · retaining valve

retaining en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/

Meanings

The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
- All retainings by indenture before that date were declared null and void 'other than to be the household servant or officer or of his [the lord's] council for lawful service done or to be done'. 1989, John Malcolm William Bean, From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England, page 212:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
retainings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

retaining en · VERB

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of retain
form of retain