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''Major project contracting.''
''Trade finance - major project contracting.''


Retention bonds are a type of performance bond, used as an alternative to retention monies.
Retention bonds are a type of performance bond, used as an alternative to retention monies.
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The value of the bond will usually reduce after completion has been certified.
The value of the bond will usually reduce after completion has been certified.
Also known as a ''retention money guarantee'', or a ''retention guarantee''.




==See also==
==See also==
*[[Bond]]
*[[Bond]]
*[[Performance bond]]
*[[Contract]]
*[[Guarantee]]
* [[Performance bond]]
* [[Performance guarantee]]
*[[Retention]]
*[[Retention]]
*[[Retention of title]]
*[[Retention of title]]
*[[Retention ratio]]
*[[Retention ratio]]
*[[Trade finance]]


[[Category:Trade_finance]]
[[Category:Trade_finance]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 4 March 2023

Trade finance - major project contracting.

Retention bonds are a type of performance bond, used as an alternative to retention monies.

When using a retention bond, the client agrees to pay the amounts which would otherwise have been held as retention, and instead a bond is provided to secure the amount that would have been retained.

The value of the bond will usually reduce after completion has been certified.


Also known as a retention money guarantee, or a retention guarantee.


See also