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as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
knights being dressed for battle by their retainers
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
lifelong civil service retainers
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Recent Examples of retainer
The kids' driver is on a retainer for $10,000 a month.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 31 May 2025
Making matters worse and weirder, Michaela walks into this bizarre scene — looking gorgeous in a shade of emerald green Julianne Moore should have on retainer — and is met by an awestruck Bruce.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Hiring a name-brand enrollment consulting firm and keeping it on retainer to manage the data flow now feels more like defense than offense.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 1 May 2025
That includes monthly retainer payments of $10,000 through the first few months of 2025.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 31 May 2025
Making matters worse and weirder, Michaela walks into this bizarre scene — looking gorgeous in a shade of emerald green Julianne Moore should have on retainer — and is met by an awestruck Bruce.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Hiring a name-brand enrollment consulting firm and keeping it on retainer to manage the data flow now feels more like defense than offense.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 1 May 2025
That includes monthly retainer payments of $10,000 through the first few months of 2025.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retainer
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Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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The median of the total annual compensation of all Meta employees other than Zuckerberg was $417,400 last year.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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According to Microsoft Outlook's productivity report, employees average 6.6 hours of overtime per week.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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By comparison, says Elo-Rivera’s office, the median hourly wage in the county for janitors and cleaners is $17.60, and for maids and housekeepers, $18.67.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Aniya Taylor plays Vic, who is both the theater’s stage manager and playing the minor role of the maid Kathleen in the play-within-the-play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
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With the new minimum in place, a full-time worker in the nation's capital will earn an additional $727 in annual wages, on average, according to the EPI's calculations.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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On Tuesday, a Red Cross worker told the Star-Telegram that a few people had stopped by to cool down and get information.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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“Retainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retainer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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