Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retainage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-tainage
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From retain + -age.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retain

Usage

Inflected Forms

retainages (plural)

Questions

What does retainage mean?: An amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.
Where does retainage come from?: From retain + -age.

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