retention betydelse and definition

Betydelse av retention på svenska

• 0 the continued use, existence, or possession of something or someone:

  • Two influential senators have argued for the retention of the unpopular tax.

  • The retention of old technology has slowed the company's growth.

  • water/heat retention

• 1 the ability to keep or continue having something:

  • Officials are focusing on job creation, not job retention.

• 2 the ability of a company to keep its employees and stop them from going to work somewhere else:

  • The study found that mentoring programs have a positive impact on teachers and their retention.

  • Health benefits are an important recruitment and retention tool.

  • Both these organizations have improved staff retention by paying great attention to office design.

  • Employee retention is one of the major issues confronting business today.

• 3 the ability of a company to keep its customers, rather than losing them to competitors:

  • Revenue growth, in turn, is achieved by pursuing growing market segments, by finding new customers, and by improving the retention of existing customers.

  • customer/client retention Customer retention is the key to profitable growth.

  • The unit has a client retention rate of 85%.

• 4 an amount of money that is owed to someone for doing work but that is not paid until the work has been completed in a satisfactory way:

  • If a withheld retention is disputed, the contractor is generally entitled to adjudication.

• 5 the continued use or possession of something or someone:

  • The city has traditionally favoured the retention of space for business and employment uses, but some residences are now being built.

  • The company denied that there were any problems with its document retention procedures.