Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of retaining; retention.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of retaining; retention.

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  • noun retention

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Examples

  • The Conference called on all levels of Government (and particularly the Welsh Assembly Government) to revise the national strategy for Soial Services to reflect socialist principles. to negotiate a Wales-wide pay and conditions scale for Social Workers to include povision for sabaticals, recruitment and retainment bonuses for qualified staff in challenging fields.

    More motions 2009

  • We thought that if we could set up a talented team of bloggers with a good blog tool, the pieces would fall in place in terms of helping with recruitment and retainment, appealing to future business partners and clients, connecting with traditional and new media members (everybody Googles!), and even strengthening our internal design culture.

    Live from HOK – guest post « pwcom 2.0 2009

  • The Conference called on all levels of Government (and particularly the Welsh Assembly Government) to revise the national strategy for Soial Services to reflect socialist principles. to negotiate a Wales-wide pay and conditions scale for Social Workers to include povision for sabaticals, recruitment and retainment bonuses for qualified staff in challenging fields.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • ��And so it�really will help with retainment, recruitment.

    Firms Help Workers Provide End-Of-Life Care 2010

  • But they acknowledged that benefit reductions could hurt recruitment and retainment.

    UC Raises Retirement Age For University Employees Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • But they acknowledged that benefit reductions could hurt recruitment and retainment.

    UC Raises Retirement Age For University Employees Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • But they acknowledged that benefit reductions could hurt recruitment and retainment.

    UC Raises Retirement Age For University Employees Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • But they acknowledged that benefit reductions could hurt recruitment and retainment.

    UC Raises Retirement Age For University Employees Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Do that for all countries with low girls 'education retainment rates and you'll reach Professor Cohen's pretty quickly.

    Maria Eitel: World Population Day Highlights Educating Girls 2009

  • Dalton Ross, a partner in six Taco John's restaurants and three Godfather's pizzerias, has converted an assistant manager into an "" employee-retainment specialist '' who develops loyalty-building programs like family nights, when employees can bring the spouse and kids in for discounted food.

    At Work: What Full Employment Is Like 2008

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