| 词汇 | retainer |
| 释义 | retainer noun[ C ] uk /rɪˈteɪ.nər/ us /rɪˈteɪ.nɚ/ retainernoun[C] (MONEY)law specialized an amount of money that you pay to someone so as to be sure that that person can work for you when you need them to: 聘用定金 The doctor was paid a retainer by the football club. on a retainerInstead of keeping a solicitor on a retainer, he has found a practice that only charges him £2 each time he needs to send a late payment letter. Earning money assessable bank base pay basic basic income disposable income hand over fistidiom in arrearsidiom line your pocket(s)idiom livelihood make an honest livingidiom performance-related pro bono pro rata profit from something prorate pull raise revenue sick pay retainernoun[C] (FOR TEETH)a device that keeps a person’s teeth straight after their braces(= a set of connected wires that is attached to a person's teeth in order to make them straight) have been removed: She has to wear a retainer at night. The patient is often advised to wear a retainer, otherwise the teeth can start to drift back to their original position. Dentistry brace central giant cell granuloma dam dental floss dental hygienist dental practitioner dental surgeon dentigerous cyst dentist dentistry extraction grind hygienist Novocaine odontologist odontology oral irrigator oral surgeon orthodontist toothpick retainernoun[C] (SERVANT)old-fashioned a servant who has usually been with the same family for a long time: （服务多年的）仆人，佣人 old retainerHe lives with a faithful old retainer in three rooms of the enormous house. People who serve other people anti-slavery below/above stairsidiom boot boy butler dogsbody gofer handmaiden housemaid labourer lackey lady's maid serf serfdom servant skivvy slave slaver unfree valet vassal retainer | American Dictionaryretainer noun[ C ] us/rɪˈteɪ·nər/ an amount of money that you pay to someone in advance so that the person will work for you when needed: He was on a $150,000 retainer from Lloyd's of London. A retainer is also a device that holds something in place. A retainer that you wear in your mouth helps to straighten your teeth. retainer | Business Englishretainer noun[ C or U ] MANAGEMENT, HRuk /rɪˈteɪnər/us an amount of money that you pay to a lawyer, consultant (= someone paid to give expert advice or training), etc. in order to be sure that they can work for you when you need them to: The firm retained White as a consultant, paying him a $5,000 retainer. get/be on/receive a retainerPenn's firm is on a retainer of $15,000 to $20,000 per month. An elite 15% of all headhunters are on retainer, reaping two-thirds of their pay up front. an annual/monthly retainer Examples of retainerretainer In general a cell has a set of retainers, not just one. Also in a cost-cutting drive to combat the serious decline in income, the aristocratic retainers were cut from the budget. If this figure is a visitor, then his retainers are likewise arranged behind him. There are few widely shared data structures in nhc: most cells have only one or two retainers. In practice, however, this powerset is sparsely populated because many combinations of retainers are impossible. However, these remained structurally weak and were mainly centred on renowned individuals, which meant that relationships between leaders and retainers were strongly personalised. Many tailors were doubly employed as retainers to heads of houses and professors which also partly accounts for their prominence as litigants. 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. 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. 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. Such consumers we also call retainers. Computing retainers using request combination. 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. They are retainers paid to men for liability for service in an emergency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do the retainers paid to the present food controllers come from the £9,000? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of retainer These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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