RETAINER
\ɹɪtˈe͡ɪnə], \ɹɪtˈeɪnə], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_n_ə]\
Definitions of RETAINER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who, or that which, retains.
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One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
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Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
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The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
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The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
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The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
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A follower.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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One who, or that which, retains.
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One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
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Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
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The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
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The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
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The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
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A follower.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A fee paid in advance to a lawyer to secure her services. It acts as a down payment, ensuring that the lawyer won't get stiffed and that the client will be represented.
By Oddity Software
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One kept in the service of a person of high rank or position fee paid to a lawyer; also, the agreement made to employ a lawyer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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One who or that which retains; an attendant; a dependant. Among lawyers, a fee paid to engage a lawyer to maintain a cause, usually termed a retaining fee.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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