retainer

/ri-tey-ner/US // rɪˈteɪ nər //UK // (rɪˈteɪnə) //

家臣,预付金,预付费用,预备金

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a person or thing that retains.
- : a servant or attendant who has served a family for many years.
- : Also called cage, separator. Machinery. a ring separating, and moving with, balls or rollers in a bearing.
- : Orthodontics. a fixed or removable device worn in the mouth to hold the teeth in their new position during the adaptive period after straightening appliances have been removed.Prosthodontics.a part on a bridge or the like by which the bridge is attached to the natural teeth.

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Synonyms

For freelancers on retainer, managing clients’ expectations while also staying within the bounds of the agreed upon job can be a delicate balance.
Asked by an agent whether he had legal representation, Hopkins said Project Veritas had a lawyer on retainer “in case there’s anything that happens.”
“Well,” he said, “in a joking way, I have to say that either the president should have had the judgment never to get involved with someone like that — or else he should have kept me on permanent retainer.”
The lawyer wound up pleading guilty for Howie after she realized that the legal retainer was more than the cost of the ticket.
Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, Bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.
One of the perks offered by the challenge is help from a list of professionals the foundation will keep on retainer.
McKesson pays its directors an annual cash retainer of $75,000.
Is it worth it for these companies to keep stars and their keepers on retainer?
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
It was very annoying—more than ever—to the Elder when he was required to put up twenty-five dollars in cash as a retainer.
He said with a touch of mock irony: "The sailor shall play his part—the obedient of the house of Devlin."

/ri-tey-ner/US // rɪˈteɪ nər //UK // (rɪˈteɪnə) //

家臣,预付金,预付费用,预备金

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person or thing that retains.
- : a servant or attendant who has served a family for many years.
- : Also called cage, separator. Machinery. a ring separating, and moving with, balls or rollers in a bearing.
- : Orthodontics. a fixed or removable device worn in the mouth to hold the teeth in their new position during the adaptive period after straightening appliances have been removed.Prosthodontics.a part on a bridge or the like by which the bridge is attached to the natural teeth.

nounstaff

Synonyms

For freelancers on retainer, managing clients’ expectations while also staying within the bounds of the agreed upon job can be a delicate balance.
Asked by an agent whether he had legal representation, Hopkins said Project Veritas had a lawyer on retainer “in case there’s anything that happens.”
“Well,” he said, “in a joking way, I have to say that either the president should have had the judgment never to get involved with someone like that — or else he should have kept me on permanent retainer.”
The lawyer wound up pleading guilty for Howie after she realized that the legal retainer was more than the cost of the ticket.
Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, Bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.
One of the perks offered by the challenge is help from a list of professionals the foundation will keep on retainer.
McKesson pays its directors an annual cash retainer of $75,000.
Is it worth it for these companies to keep stars and their keepers on retainer?
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
It was very annoying—more than ever—to the Elder when he was required to put up twenty-five dollars in cash as a retainer.
He said with a touch of mock irony: "The sailor shall play his part—the obedient of the house of Devlin."