🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

retain verb

  /ɹi-/ , /ɹəˈteɪn/ , /ɹɪˈteɪn/
  • (reflexive) To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
 hillitä
  • (education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
 jättää luokalle
  • (medicine) To hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in the body or a body organ.
 kestää, pidättää
  • To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
 muistaa, pitää mielessä
  • (Christianity) To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
  • (medicine) Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
 pidättää
  • To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
 pitää (kiinni)
  • (chiefly, law) To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a retainer; specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.
 pitää palkattuna
  • To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly, historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
 pitää palveluksessaan
  • Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
 pitää, pitää (kiinni)
  • To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
 pitää, säilyttää

retainer noun

  /ɹəˈteɪn.ɚ/ , /ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/ , /ɹɪˈteɪn.ɚ/
  • A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
 ennakkomaksu, ennakkopalkkio
  • (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
 hammastuki
  • A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
 palvelija
  • Any thing or person that retains.
 pidike, pidäke

retaining

säilyttäminen
Wiktionary Links