retainer
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈteɪn.ɚ/, /ɹəˈteɪn.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Noun
retainer (plural retainers)
- Any thing or person that retains.
- A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
- 2021 October 19, David Graeber, David Wengrowr, “Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past”, in The Guardian, UK:
- If they possessed the means to marshal labour, pile up food resources and provender armies of year-round retainers, what sort of royalty would consciously elect not to do so.
- A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
- A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
- This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
- (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
- 1981, “Too Drunk to Fuck”, performed by Dead Kennedys:
- You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse
- (rail transport, mechanical engineering) A retaining valve.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
any thing or person that retains
dependent or follower
paid servant
fee
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dentistry: device
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