1350–1400; Middle English retencion<Latin retentiōn- (stem of retentiō) a keeping back, equivalent to retent(us) (past participle of retinēre to retain) + -iōn--ion
Naturally, app publishers and marketers worldwide consider it extremely important to monitor several metrics concerning user engagement, user retention, and business conversion.
App store optimization success: Top five KPIs you must measure|Juned Ghanchi|August 28, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Long-term urine retention can lead to bladder damage, urinary tract infections, and even kidney damage.
Toilet training your cat isn’t as great as it sounds|Candice Wang|August 27, 2020|Popular Science
The 64-year-old company formerly known as Automotive Lease Guide forecasts that the premium electric-car segment will go from currently having the lowest auction-value retention after three years to the fourth-highest 36 months from now.
Of all used cars, this Tesla model sells the fastest|Verne Kopytoff|August 24, 2020|Fortune
Both the county and Escondido have short email retention policies as well, but leaders there decided to suspend their policies because of the pandemic.
North County Report: Why We’re Suing Solana Beach|Kayla Jimenez|August 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego
For one, video content gets a longer viewing period, which means you boost user retention and prolong the interaction people have with your content.
How to optimize for the Instagram algorithm in 2020|Julia Miashkova|August 19, 2020|Search Engine Watch
But this was an element of Jeff that I understood; his mimicry and his retention for music and melody.
‘Greetings From Tim Buckley’: Penn Badgley on Playing Late Musician Jeff Buckley|Richard Porton|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It's also not simply that they want teacher promotion and retention to be tied to seniority, not test results.
Rahm Stands Up To Teacher Union Bullies|David Frum|September 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In this position and as chair of compensation, he also authorized the retention of outside advisers.
Herman Cain's Aquila Dealings Undercut His Business-Acumen Claims|Wayne Barrett|November 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
His retention may indicate any federal case could revolve around more than the perjury and obstruction charges.
Could Blankfein Face Prison?|Nomi Prins|August 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He considers demonstrated interest important for two key reasons: yield and retention.
College Admissions' Secret Strategy|Marc Zawel|September 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
One of the privileges granted in the terms of surrender was the retention, by officers and cavalrymen, of their own horses.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson|Edward A. Moore
Knowledge by rote is no knowledge, it is only a retention of what has been intrusted to the memory.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
For upon the retention of these ancient realities future human sanity and wholeness may well depend.
The Nation's River|United States Department of the Interior
The first factor, power of retention, is the most fundamental and to some extent limits the usefulness of the other two.
How to Teach|George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy
Its retention, however, is not inconsistent with very great changes in the present political and economic arrangements.
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter
British Dictionary definitions for retention
retention
/ (rɪˈtɛnʃən) /
noun
the act of retaining or state of being retained
the capacity to hold or retain liquid
the capacity to remember
patholthe abnormal holding within the body of urine, faeces, etc, that are normally excreted
commercea sum of money owed to a contractor but not paid for an agreed period as a safeguard against any faults found in the work carried out
(plural)accountingprofits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings