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retainage

retainage noun: an amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.

Noun

retainage (countable and uncountable, plural retainages)

  1. An amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.

Forms of retainage

pluralretainages

Origin of retainage

From retain + -age.

Questions about retainage

What does retainage mean?
Retainage means an amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.
What part of speech is retainage?
Retainage is a noun.
What is the plural of retainage?
The plural of retainage is retainages.

Words near retainage in the dictionary

  1. retain
  2. retain and explain
  3. retainability
  4. retainable
  5. retainably
  6. retainage
  7. retainages
  8. retainal
  9. retained
  10. retained and explained
  11. retained earnings

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