retention
IPA: ritˈɛnʃʌn
noun
- The act of retaining or something retained
- The act or power of remembering things
- A memory; what is retained in the mind
- (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
- (medicine) The length of time an individual remains in treatment
- (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
- (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
- (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
- (law) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
- (insurance) The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.
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Examples of "retention" in Sentences
- Data retention is a crucial element of surveillance.
- Chicks and water retention is a hellish confounding business.
- Layoff and retention is based on seniority, not on performance.
- They are furious over $165 million in retention bonuses paid last Friday by federal welfare client AIG.
- If students do self-test, it is often to assess what they've learned, rather than to enhance their long-term retention of the material.
- The most critical step in retention is the analysis in which an informed judgment is made as to whether or not the communications or other data seized is foreign intelligence information.
- On top of that, a city official tells CNN, Houston streets are designed to be what he calls retention ponds, places to hold water when drainage ditches and channels overflow so that homes and other buildings won't get flooded.
- In the third quarter, when the financing company was hard hit by the freeze in credit markets, it paid executives $28 million in what it called retention payments to make up for the shriveled value of their long-term incentive plans.
- The true reason in my mind SL hasnt had a higher retention is the absolutly confusing orientation centre starts award program most get stuck in orientation forever, then when you do pass they drop you in a welcome centre where not one linden employee is present, many in the community go there to help and of course to increase traffic and knowledge of thier places but honestly secondlife needs to hold the newbies hands a little better in the beginning and I bet you more than 1/2 that usualy quit would stay.
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