retainer

retainer is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, retains. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, retains.
2. noun. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
3. noun. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
4. noun. The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
5. noun. The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
6. noun. 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.
7. noun. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
8. noun. a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
9. noun. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

   Synonyms: servant

10. noun. a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

    Synonyms: consideration

Synonyms

servant, consideration

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in retainer:

arretine, eretrian, eritrean

Common word forms

retainers

Words from these letters

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