retainer 音标拼音: [rɪt'enɚ] [rit'enɚ]
n . 家臣,扈从,保持者
家臣,扈从,保持者
retainer n 1 :
a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone [
synonym : {
retainer }, {
consideration }]
2 :
a person working in the service of another (
especially in the household ) [
synonym : {
servant }, {
retainer }]
3 :
a dental appliance that holds teeth (
or a prosthesis )
in position after orthodontic treatment Retainer \
Re *
tain "
er \,
n .
1 .
One who ,
or that which ,
retains .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
One who is retained or kept in service ;
an attendant ;
an adherent ;
a hanger -
on .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Hence ,
a servant ,
not a domestic ,
but occasionally attending and wearing his master '
s livery . --
Cowell .
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1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Law )
(
a )
The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause .
(
b )
The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right .
(
c )
A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause ,
or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case ; --
called also {
retaining fee }. --
Bouvier . --
Blackstone .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
The act of keeping dependents ,
or the state of being in dependence . --
Bacon .
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1913 Webster ]
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retainer ":
account ,
adherent ,
allowance ,
appendage ,
assessment ,
bill ,
blackmail ,
blood money ,
dangler ,
dependent ,
emolument ,
fee ,
follower ,
footing ,
hanger -
on ,
heeler ,
henchman ,
hush money ,
initiation fee ,
man ,
mileage ,
reckoning ,
retaining fee ,
satellite ,
scot ,
servant ,
shadow ,
stipend ,
tagtail ,
tribute ,
ward heeler RETAINER ,
practice .
The act of a client ,
by which he engages an attorney or counsellor to manage a cause ,
either by prosecuting it ,
when he is plaintiff ,
or defending it ,
when he is defendant .
2 . "
The effect of a retainer to prosecute or defend a suit ,"
says Professor Greenleaf ;
Ev .
vol .
ii .
Sec .
141 ; "
is to confer on the attorney all the powers exercised by the forms and usages of the courts ,
in which the suit is pending .
He may receive payment ;
may bring a second suit after being non -
suited in the first for want of formal proof ;
may sue a writ of error on the judgment ;
may discontinue the suit ;
may restore an action after a non pros ;
may claim an appeal and bind his client in his name for the prosecution of it ;
way submit the suit to arbitration ;
may sue out an alias execution ;
may receive livery of seisin of land taken by an extent may waive objections to evidence ,
and enter into stipulation for the admission of facts or conduct of the trial and for release of bail ;
may waive the right of appeal ,
review ,
notice ,
and the like ,
and confess judgment .
But he has no authority to execute a discharge of a debtor but upon the actual payment of the full amount of the debt ,
and that in money only ;
nor to release sureties ;
nor to enter a retraxit ;
nor to act for the legal representatives of his deceased client ;
nor to release a witness ."
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