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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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
That includes monthly retainer payments of $10,000 through the first few months of 2025.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
Others package their expertise into programs or retainers.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Some opportunities are unpaid but require a time investment, while others involve retainers for PR support.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Instead of chasing one-time projects, agree to work with your clients on a long-term package, retainer basis, or subscription.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
Others package their expertise into programs or retainers.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Some opportunities are unpaid but require a time investment, while others involve retainers for PR support.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Instead of chasing one-time projects, agree to work with your clients on a long-term package, retainer basis, or subscription.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retainer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retainer
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Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The median of the total annual compensation of all Meta employees other than Zuckerberg was $417,400 last year.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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According to Microsoft Outlook's productivity report, employees average 6.6 hours of overtime per week.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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You as a cook, a chef, a butler, a maid, the engineer.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Often Black women were relegated to stereotypical roles as maids, mammies, or exoticized figures.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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With the new minimum in place, a full-time worker in the nation's capital will earn an additional $727 in annual wages, on average, according to the EPI's calculations.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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On Tuesday, a Red Cross worker told the Star-Telegram that a few people had stopped by to cool down and get information.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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“Retainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retainer. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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