About The Word Retainer
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Retainer
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What's The Definition Of Retainer?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Retainer: consideration | servant Related Terms | Find terms related to Retainer: 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 Retainer In Webster's Dictionary \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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