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Retainer
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(1):
(n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
(4):
(n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
(5):
(n.) One who, or that which, retains.
(6):
(n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
(7):
(n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retainer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/retainer.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retainer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/retainer.html. 1828.
