Word: retainage
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
tai
nage
Definition: An amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.
Morphemes:
Affix: retain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To keep in one's pay or service.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.
Affix: teneō
Language: la
Decoded: teneo
Meaning: to hold
Affix: -age
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āticum
Language: la
Decoded: -aticum
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating pertinence to the root verb or noun.