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
All except the retainer fees are tied to certain benchmarks.
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Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
The retainer agreement said the case would be done when charges were dismissed, or Diaz was acquitted or convicted.
—David J. Neal
july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
He was paid a $4,000 monthly retainer in the 2022-23 school year.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
Vatican Media will be running a multi-camera live signal of the funeral but news agencies and networks are also setting up on balconies and terraces overlooking St Peter’s Square, many of which were secured by monthly retainers years ago for substantial amounts of money.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
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Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
The retainer agreement said the case would be done when charges were dismissed, or Diaz was acquitted or convicted.
—David J. Neal
july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
He was paid a $4,000 monthly retainer in the 2022-23 school year.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
Vatican Media will be running a multi-camera live signal of the funeral but news agencies and networks are also setting up on balconies and terraces overlooking St Peter’s Square, many of which were secured by monthly retainers years ago for substantial amounts of money.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retainer
Noun
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But the novel also interweaves a repository of 795 poems throughout its roughly 1,300 pages—each written from the one of 118 separate characters’ perspectives, including mothers, servants, emperors, lovers, and Genji himself.—
Andrew Paul Jul 16,
Popular Science,
16 July 2025
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Shalla-Bal was later crowned the Empress of Zenn-La after Radd sacrificed himself to be enslaved as the servant of the planet eater to save his world from obliteration.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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As a showrunner, Schneider was alleged to have run a toxic workplace, discriminated against female writers on staff and made requests for massages from employees on set.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025
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In an email, an EPA spokesperson said the next step would be sending notices to individual employees.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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Molly the maid, by now promoted to head maid at her posh hotel, is on the spectrum, and her literal understanding of the world makes for both funny moments and good insights.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
6 July 2025
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Could the maid be delivering a letter from another suitor?—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
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The world’s fourth-largest economy has traditionally been strict on immigration, but in recent years worked hard to attract more international tourists and foreign workers to counter a rapidly aging population and plunging birth rates.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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From that worker, Kane learned about the center and offered to volunteer.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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“Retainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retainer. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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