在法律文件中，“retire”一词，除了常见含义，还可能是“清偿；收回；回赎”的意思（英文解释：towithdraw from circulation or from the market [ a loan] [ stock]），通常指以清偿方式将债券或其他证券从流通领域中收回而予以注销，亦指将正在使用中的固定资产进行回收等。下面来看具体实例：

The proceeds received from the issuance and sale ofthe Preferred Shares shall only be applied or used to retire the Series A Loansunder the Loan Agreements, and shall in no event be applied or used to repay orsettle any indebtedness, except for the above mentioned Series A Loans, owingby any Group Company to any of its shareholders, directors, officers or anyother persons related in whatever respect with any of the foregoing partieswithout the prior written consent of the Investors.

发行和出售优先股所得的收益应仅用于偿还《贷款协议》项下的A系列贷款，但未经各投资方事先书面同意，在任何情况下均不得用于偿还或结算任何债务，任何集团公司向其任何股东、董事、高管或与前述任何一方具有任何关联的任何其他人所欠付的上述A系列贷款除外。