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单词 retainer
释义
retainer
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈteɪ.nər/us
/rɪˈteɪ.nɚ/
lawspecialized
anamountofmoneythat youpayto someone so as to besurethat thatpersoncanworkfor you when you need them to
聘用定金
old-fashioned
aservantwho has usually been with the samefamilyfor alongtime:
（服务多年的）仆人，佣人
afaithfuloldretainer忠实的老仆人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Earning money
  • (your)(daily) breadidiom
  • assessable
  • bank
  • base pay
  • basic
  • basic income
  • benefits package
  • feel the pinchidiom
  • hand over fistidiom
  • lineyourpocket(s)idiom
  • livelihood
  • pay packet
  • paycheck
  • pull
  • pullsomethingdown
  • rakesomethingin
  • remonetize
  • remuneration
  • shift
  • sick pay
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People who serve other people
(Definition ofretainerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

retainer| American Dictionary

retainer
noun[C]
us/rɪˈteɪ·nər/
anamountofmoneythat youpayto someone inadvanceso that thepersonwillworkfor you whenneeded:
He was on a $150,000 retainer from Lloyd's of London.
A retainer is also adevicethatholdssomething inplace.
A retainer that youwearinyourmouthhelpstostraightenyourteeth.
(Definition ofretainerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

retainer| Business English

retainer
noun[CorU]
MANAGEMENT,HR
uk
/rɪˈteɪnər/us
anamountofmoneythat youpayto alawyer,consultant(= someonepaidto giveexpertadviceortraining), etc. inorderto besurethat they canworkfor you when you need them to:
ThefirmretainedWhiteas aconsultant,payinghim a $5,000retainer.
get/be on/receive a retainerPenn'sfirmis on a retainer of $15,000 to $20,000permonth.
Anelite15% of allheadhuntersare on retainer,reapingtwo-thirds oftheirpayupfront.
anannual/monthlyretainer
(Definition ofretainerfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretainer

retainer
In general a cell has a set of retainers, not just one.
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Also in a cost-cutting drive to combat the serious decline in income, the aristocratic retainers were cut from the budget.
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If this figure is a visitor, then his retainers are likewise arranged behind him.
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There are few widely shared data structures in nhc: most cells have only one or two retainers.
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In practice, however, this powerset is sparsely populated because many combinations of retainers are impossible.
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However, these remained structurally weak and were mainly centred on renowned individuals, which meant that relationships between leaders and retainers were strongly personalised.
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Many tailors were doubly employed as retainers to heads of houses and professors which also partly accounts for their prominence as litigants.
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Quite apart from the rare and expensive jewels and lavishly set apartments, an army of retainers provided sumptuous foods and an ever-changing wardrobe of exquisite clothes.
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Their staff and auxiliaries were hardly formalised ; they were rather personal retainers and favourites chosen on the spot to fulfil certain tasks in an ad hoc way.
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The nobles dissipated their large fortunes as they competed with each other, not in terms of the number and boldness of their retainers, but in a more civilized fashion.
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Such consumers we also call retainers.
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Computing retainers using request combination.
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Extending this principle to retainers, we should like the profiler to be able to chart the producers, constructions or lifetimes of all cells held by a specified set of retainers.
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They are retainers paid to men for liability for service in an emergency.
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Do the retainers paid to the present food controllers come from the £9,000?
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