Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: consideration, servant

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

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