1
as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
knights being dressed for battle by their retainers
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2
as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
lifelong civil service retainers
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Recent Examples of retainer
One demanded a $5,000 retainer, another was unable to assist outside of asylum law, and the third pressured them for payment during the initial consultation.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Agencies collect monthly retainers while crossing their fingers that editors will bite on their story angles.
—Ascend Agency, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2025
For their work, Tai Ginsberg bills a monthly retainer of $45,000, plus another $10,000 a month for Raucci and Sullivan.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
All except the retainer fees are tied to certain benchmarks.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Agencies collect monthly retainers while crossing their fingers that editors will bite on their story angles.
—Ascend Agency, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2025
For their work, Tai Ginsberg bills a monthly retainer of $45,000, plus another $10,000 a month for Raucci and Sullivan.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
All except the retainer fees are tied to certain benchmarks.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retainer
Noun
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She was placed as an indentured servant with the Toppan family of Lowell and took their surname, per the Lowell Historical Society and the West End Museum.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Frick lived there with his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs Frick, their daughter, and their 27 servants who lived on the third floor.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Starting wages for employees at the Leavenworth facility are $28.25 an hour plus benefits, Gustin said, adding that new hires are paid during and after their training period, even as the prison cells remain empty.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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Officers said two men, ages 21 and 22, were seen of shoplifting when a store employee confronted them, prompting a fight inside the business.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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But Turtle Bay is no longer particularly desirable, nor are the exceptionally large, often outdated apartments in the building, which not infrequently have warrens of maids’ rooms and stodgy last-century décor (5,000-square-foot-plus five-bedrooms can be had for as little as $5.25 million).—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Aug. 2025
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When Ellen doesn’t show up for dinner, her maid, Mrs. Fitzgibbons (!!), begrudgingly tells Colum and Dougal that there’s a rumor she’s been spotted with Malcolm Grant.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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With the recent signing of an executive order aimed at allowing 401(k) plans to include alternative investments such as private equity, private credit, real estate and cryptocurrency, more American workers could gain access to investment vehicles that were once off-limits to most retirement savers.—
Gregory Clifford,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In one of the world’s most expensive cities, more workers are living paycheck to paycheck The Singapore consumer’s reputation for financial prudence and high savings is showing signs of strain.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Retainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retainer. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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