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retainer

/ri-tey-ner/US // rɪˈteɪ nər //UK // (rɪˈteɪnə) //

家臣,预付金,预付费用,预备金

Related Words

entourage随行人员,随从人员,随行的人,随从fee费用,费,酬金,收费cortege队伍,队伍中,队伍中的人,队伍中人servant仆人,佣人,仆役,佣工retinue人群,人群中,人工智能,人工流转company公司,企业,公司的,公司的情况appliance用具,用器,用品,用电器crew机组人员,机组成员,机组,机组工作人员minion奴才,爪牙,仆人,奴仆train训练,培训,培养,培训课程gang帮派,帮会,帮派成员,帮派的人clique小团体,小集团,朋党,朋克employee雇员,员工,职员,雇工attendant服务员,侍者,服务人员,随从followers跟随者,追随者,跟随者们,追随者们adherents信徒,追随者,信徒们,信众

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that retains.
    • : a servant or attendant who has served a family for many years.
    • : Also called cage, separator. Machinery. a ring separating, and moving with, balls or rollers in a bearing.
    • : Orthodontics. a fixed or removable device worn in the mouth to hold the teeth in their new position during the adaptive period after straightening appliances have been removed.Prosthodontics.a part on a bridge or the like by which the bridge is attached to the natural teeth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
adherents信徒,追随者,信徒们,信众appliance用具,用器,用品,用电器attendant服务员,侍者,服务人员,随从clique小团体,小集团,朋党,朋克company公司,企业,公司的,公司的情况cortege队伍,队伍中,队伍中的人,队伍中人crew机组人员,机组成员,机组,机组工作人员employee雇员,员工,职员,雇工entourage随行人员,随从人员,随行的人,随从fee费用,费,酬金,收费followers跟随者,追随者,跟随者们,追随者们gang帮派,帮会,帮派成员,帮派的人minion奴才,爪牙,仆人,奴仆retinue人群,人群中,人工智能,人工流转servant仆人,佣人,仆役,佣工train训练,培训,培养,培训课程

Examples

  • For freelancers on retainer, managing clients’ expectations while also staying within the bounds of the agreed upon job can be a delicate balance.

  • Asked by an agent whether he had legal representation, Hopkins said Project Veritas had a lawyer on retainer “in case there’s anything that happens.”

  • “Well,” he said, “in a joking way, I have to say that either the president should have had the judgment never to get involved with someone like that — or else he should have kept me on permanent retainer.”

  • The lawyer wound up pleading guilty for Howie after she realized that the legal retainer was more than the cost of the ticket.

  • Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, Bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.

  • One of the perks offered by the challenge is help from a list of professionals the foundation will keep on retainer.

  • McKesson pays its directors an annual cash retainer of $75,000.

  • Is it worth it for these companies to keep stars and their keepers on retainer?

  • "Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.

  • It was very annoying—more than ever—to the Elder when he was required to put up twenty-five dollars in cash as a retainer.

  • He said with a touch of mock irony: "The sailor shall play his part—the obedient retainer of the house of Devlin."

  • His retainer fees are large; his work is exact; he is a man looked up to by those in the profession following a general practice.

  • It was the custom for each retainer to fit out his men according to his own taste, and at his own expense.

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