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retainers definition and meaning

n. One who, or that which, retains.
n. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
n. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
n. The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
n. The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
n. 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.
n. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.

Crossword clues for retainers

- Dental appliance
- Faithful servant
- Fee paid in advance to keep Her Majesty
- Fee paid to have bad entertainers sent away
- Lawyer’s advance
- QC's advance
- Servant
- QCs' advances


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