Meaning of RETAINER
| Pronunciation: | | ri'teynur
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- [n] a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
- [n] a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- [n] a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
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| | Synonyms: | | consideration, servant |
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| | See Also: | | body servant, cabin boy, dental appliance, dogsbody, domestic, domestic help, factotum, familiar, fee, flunkey, flunky, house servant, lackey, major-domo, manservant, menial, scullion, seneschal, servant girl, serving girl, worker | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*tain"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, retains.
2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an
adherent; a hanger-on.
3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally
attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell.
4. (Law)
(a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or
counselor to manage his cause.
(b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by
virtue of some right.
(c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain
a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the
opposing party in the case; -- called also {retaining
fee}. --Bouvier. --Blackstone.
5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in
dependence. --Bacon.
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel, and also denotes the fee which the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for them. |
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