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Meanings of retainer in inglês

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servidor
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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 inglês
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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
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It was unclear whether the airline has kept the firm on retainer.
Reuters
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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
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Give the brat to me, and I will make him my retainer.
Tales of Old Japan
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Sophie was going to be so surprised, she'd choke on her retainer.
Sloane Sisters
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An adviser on the acquirer's side would only receive a retainer fee.
Reuters
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