Middle English Dictionary Entry
retein n.
Entry Info
| Forms | retein n. Also retain. |
| Etymology | From reteinen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Possession of a sum of money.
Associated quotations
- (1455) RParl.5.307a : Of every hole Disme..to be graunted, xl li..till yat the seid nowe Abbot and his said successours be fully content and satisfied by waye of retayn of the seid summe of xiic li.