Contract
To retain
Both terms in one sentence
- Descent II opens with Dravis informing the player character, Material Defender, that the contract he signed with PTMC allows them to retain his services for more missions; if he declines, he won't get paid for the work he's already done.
Source: Mandatory Unretirement -
After Paramount's contract for the character expired, the rights to the cartoons reverted to Superman rights-holder National Comics (now DC Comics), which was a common practice by the publisher to retain maximum creative control of their property.
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