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retaining
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retaining
(encz) | retaining,udržování n: Zdeněk Brož |
retaining
(encz) | retaining,zadržování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Retaining
(gcide) | Retain \Re*tain"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Retained (r[-e]*t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.]
[F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold,
keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention,
Retinue.]
1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose,
part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape,
or the like. "Thy shape invisible retain." --Shak.
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Be obedient, and retain
Unalterably firm his love entire. --Milton.
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An executor may retain a debt due to him from the
testator. --Blackstone.
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2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to
hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
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A Benedictine convent has now retained the most
learned father of their order to write in its
defense. --Addison.
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3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any
movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place;
-- called also retain wall.
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Syn: To keep; hold; restrain. See Keep.
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retaining wall
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retaining water course baffle
(encz) | retaining water course baffle,přehrážka toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Retaining
(gcide) | Retain \Re*tain"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Retained (r[-e]*t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.]
[F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold,
keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention,
Retinue.]
1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose,
part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape,
or the like. "Thy shape invisible retain." --Shak.
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Be obedient, and retain
Unalterably firm his love entire. --Milton.
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An executor may retain a debt due to him from the
testator. --Blackstone.
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2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to
hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
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A Benedictine convent has now retained the most
learned father of their order to write in its
defense. --Addison.
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3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any
movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place;
-- called also retain wall.
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Syn: To keep; hold; restrain. See Keep.
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retaining fee
(gcide) | Retainer \Re*tain"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, retains.
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2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an
adherent; a hanger-on.
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3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally
attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell.
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4. (Law)
(a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or
counselor to manage his cause.
(b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by
virtue of some right.
(c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain
a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the
opposing party in the case; -- called also {retaining
fee}. --Bouvier. --Blackstone.
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5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in
dependence. --Bacon.
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Retaining wall
(gcide) | Retain \Re*tain"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Retained (r[-e]*t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.]
[F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold,
keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention,
Retinue.]
1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose,
part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape,
or the like. "Thy shape invisible retain." --Shak.
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Be obedient, and retain
Unalterably firm his love entire. --Milton.
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An executor may retain a debt due to him from the
testator. --Blackstone.
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2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to
hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
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A Benedictine convent has now retained the most
learned father of their order to write in its
defense. --Addison.
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3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any
movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place;
-- called also retain wall.
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Syn: To keep; hold; restrain. See Keep.
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retaining wall
(wn) | retaining wall
n 1: a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially
a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) |
RETAINING FE
(bouvier) | RETAINING FEE. A fee given to counsel on being consulted in order to insure
his future services.
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