'Retainer' definitions:
Definition of 'retainer'
From: WordNet
noun
A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone [syn: retainer, consideration]
noun
A person working in the service of another (especially in the household) [syn: servant, retainer]
noun
A dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
Definition of 'Retainer'
From: GCIDE
- Retainer \Re*tain"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, retains. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retainer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- adherent,
- allowance,
- appendage,
- assessment,
- bill,
- blackmail,
- blood money,
- dangler,
- dependent,
- emolument,
- fee,
- follower,
- footing,
- hanger-on,
- heeler,
- henchman,
- hush money,
- initiation fee,
- man,
- mileage,
- reckoning,
- retaining fee,
- satellite,
- scot,
- servant,
- shadow,
- stipend,
- tagtail,
- tribute,
- ward heeler