meaning of retainer
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 masters livery.
4. The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
5. The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
6. 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.
7. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
8. a dental appliance that holds teeth or a prosthesis in position after orthodontic treatment
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