retainer
Collocations
3ADJ.
dental, pink
VERB + RETAINER
charges
PREP.
into
Definitions
noun
Any thing or person that retains.
A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
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.
Of all this family lore I knew but little and vaguely; only what is to be gathered from the fireside talk of old retainers in the nursery.
A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person working in the service of another (especially in th
noun — a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6If 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.
WiktionaryOf all this family lore I knew but little and vaguely; only what is to be gathered from the fireside talk of old retainers in the nursery.
WiktionaryThis lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
WiktionaryThey met at the estate of the shogun's retainer to play a game of cards.
Tatoeba · #973622Since the operation, he's been wearing a neon pink retainer.
Tatoeba · #11002961The Georgia Tech team also is trying to place the magnetic sensors into a dental retainer, getting rid of the headset.
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