English-Italian translations for retain

• conservare
  Vogliamo conservare il settore dei servizi pubblici. We want to retain public services.
  Solo così potremo conservare il modello europeo. Only in that way can we retain the European model.
  Gli stanziamenti della rubrica 1 devono conservare il proprio carattere di obbligatorietà. Appropriations under Category 1 must retain their compulsory nature.

Definition of retain

• To keep in possession or use
• To keep in one's pay or service
• To employ by paying a retainer
• To hold back instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year
• To belong; to pertain

Related words

• retainer
• retaining
• retaining wall
• retained earnings
• retained afterbirth
• retained placenta
• Marston Moretaine