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Meanings of retainer in English

Portuguese
servidor
Catalan
servidor

A person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

servidor

A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone.

Usage of retainer in English
1
But I also need to let her know your rates and retainer.
By reason of insanity
2
Non-employee directors need to hold five times their annual retainer in stock.
The Irish Times
3
In dashed the drunken retainer, and Gulielma was once more in peril.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
4
Bert liked the retainer I got, but better yet, the good publicity.
Circus of the Damned
5
He's on his way to some private medical facility that's on retainer.
The Secret Crown (2010)
6
A broker in parliamentary notes is an inevitable retainer of broker votes.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
7
He always wanted to have a retainer before he wrote a story.
The new yorker
8
I don't think a glass of lemonade would qualify as a retainer.
To catch a thief
9
It was unclear whether the airline has kept the firm on retainer.
Reuters
10
The ambassador himself arrives, followed by a retainer carrying a parmesan cheese.
Wolf hall
11
The Resident learned this from a retainer of one of these nobles.
At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
12
Napier thought there was some collusion between the juggler and his retainer.
Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
13
He was proud to be the retainer of so great a monarch.
Men, Women, and Boats
14
Give the brat to me, and I will make him my retainer.
Tales of Old Japan
15
Sophie was going to be so surprised, she'd choke on her retainer.
Sloane Sisters
16
An adviser on the acquirer's side would only receive a retainer fee.
Reuters
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