retention
keeping holding | the act of retaining something |
| holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial |
| holding device | a device for holding something |
holding pen
holding paddock
holding yard | a pen where livestock is temporarily confined |
| account | the quality of taking advantage, she turned her writing skills to good account |
| account | importance or value, a person of considerable account, he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance |
| operator gene | a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes |
model
theoretical account
framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
individual retirement account
IRA | a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement, taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred |
existential quantifier
existential operator | a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true |
written record
written account | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events |
history
account
chronicle
story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
| bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
| open account | an unpaid credit order |
| short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
report
news report
story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
explanation
account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc., the explanation was very simple, I expected a brief account |
| report account | the act of informing by verbal report, he heard reports that they were causing trouble, by all accounts they were a happy couple |
| holding company | a company with controlling shares in other companies |
| bank holding company | a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks |
| multibank holding company | a bank holding company owning several banks |
| holding pattern | the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land |
score
account | grounds, don't do it on my account, the paper was rejected on account of its length, he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful |
account executive
account representative
registered representative
customer's broker
customer's man | someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business |
cameraman
camera operator
cinematographer | a photographer who operates a movie camera |
| company operator | an operator who works for a company |
| elevator operator | an operator of an elevator |
goldbrick
goof-off
ne'er-do-well
good-for-nothing
no-account
good-for-naught | an idle worthless person |
hustler
wheeler dealer
operator | a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties |
newsagent
newsdealer
newsvendor
newsstand operator | someone who sells newspapers |
operator
manipulator | an agent that operates some apparatus or machine, the operator of the switchboard |
| operator | someone who owns or operates a business, who is the operator of this franchise? |
| operator | a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets |
| radio operator | someone who operates a radio transmitter |
| sewing-machine operator | someone who sews by operating a sewing machine |
telegrapher
telegraphist
telegraph operator | someone who transmits messages by telegraph |
telephone operator
telephonist
switchboard operator | someone who helps callers get the person they are calling |
property
belongings
holding | something owned, any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone, that hat is my property, he is a man of property, |
| brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage, you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $, |
| cash account | an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis |
| custodial account | a brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minor |
| margin account | an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit |
account accounting
account statement | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance, they send me an accounting every month |
| capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date |
| capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities |
| bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals, he moved his bank account to a new bank |
| giro account | an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank |
savings account trust
savings bank trust
trust account
trustee account
Totten trust | a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime, afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary |
checking account
chequing account
current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |