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retainer


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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