retainernoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈteɪ.nər/us/rɪˈteɪ.nɚ/specialized law 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
old-fashioned a servant who has usually been with the same family for a long time:
a faithful old retainer
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- payroll
- strike pay
- venal
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