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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retainer \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
retainer
n 1: a fee charged for work done [syn: {consideration}]
2: a person working in the service of another [syn: {servant}]
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