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Definition of Retainer

1. Noun. A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone.

2. Noun. A person working in the service of another (especially in the household).

3. Noun. A dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment.

Definition of Retainer

1. n. One who, or that which, retains.

Definition of Retainer

1. Noun. A dependent or follower of someone of rank. ¹

2. Noun. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years. ¹

3. Noun. Any thing or person that retains. ¹

4. Noun. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services. ¹

5. Noun. (dentistry): A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retainer

1. one that retains [n -S] - See also: retains

Medical Definition of Retainer

1. A gadget that the orthodontist gives you to wear after the orthodntist removes your braces. The retainer attaches to your upper teeth and holds them in the correct position. You wear the retainer at night to make sure that none of your teeth move while your jaw hardens and your teeth get strongly attached to your jaw. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retainer

retailment retailor retailored retailoring retailors retails retailtainment retain retainable retainal

retained retained mode retained object retained placenta retainer (current term) retainers retaining retaining wall retaining walls retainment

retainments retains retake retaken retaker retakers retakes retaking retakings

Literary usage of Retainer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"STH retainer. Here's Lord Tro- sham's self! There now — there's what a ... IST retainer. Our master takes his hand — Richard and his white staff are on the ..."

2. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"5тн retainer. Here's Lord Tre- sham's self ! There now — there's what a ... IST retainer. Our master takes his hand — Richard and his white staff aro on the ..."

3. A Treatise on the American Law of Administration by John Gabriel Woerner (1899)
"235, 238. plies to legal assets strictly, so that there a Saunders r. Saunders, 2 Lit. 314, 322. can be no retainer out of the proceeds of 8 Nnnn v. ..."

4. Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius by Maurice Powell, Henry Roscoe (1891)
"In an action against an ordinary corporation, the plaintiff must show a retainer under seal. Arnold v. P<4,lf, Mayor of, 4 M. & Gr. 860 ; Sutton v. ..."

5. A Treatise on the American Law of Administration by John Gabriel Woerner (1889)
"actions, the doctrine of retainer means nothing more than the satisfaction of the claims of executors and administrators under the same conditions which ..."

6. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1849)
"Where a general retainer has been given and a brief is not delivered to the ... Where a general retainer is given for one person, and he is sued with others ..."

7. Cases and Other Authorities on Legal Ethics by George Purcell Costigan (1917)
"2426: A general retainer 1S applies only to proceedings to which the person giving the retainer is a party. Accordingly where a mutual insurance club, ..."

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