Definition
to retain: to keep, to conserve, to maintain, to preserve; to remember
Sometimes I have trouble retaining important information. I just can't keep it in my head; I always forget it.
the retention: the memory; the keeping
- "Icarus : Return the shipment and you retain financial autonomy."
- "Most of the company's, uhh, financial data and numbers are retained by simple mnemonic techniques."
- "Fiona : As the CFO of this corporation, I assume you have an extensive method for the retention of information: a filing system, a database..."
- "I can't in good faith recommend to our 252 small shareholders that they retain their shares in Delavigne."
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