Word Finder - retainer

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Any thing or person that retains.

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A dependent or follower of someone of rank.

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A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.

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A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.

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This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.

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A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, nor is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent.

Usually a retainer is required before a lawyer will take on your case.

High engine revs are allowed by a special valve retainer collet system used to secure the steel intake and exhuast valves.

The financial considerations are similar to group ownership; it might also require a retainer from participating practices.

Upfront charges don't have to be abolished to charge an ongoing retainer to the client.

The narrator is a sickly and middle-aged man called ' je ' attended by a very loyal family retainer called Celeste.

Maybe they will agree to a reduced rate in return for a monthly retainer.

Subsequent support for the system may be contracted for on either an annual retainer or on an ad-hoc basis.

Spring ball socket retainer and drilled head to accept retaining pin where applicable.

Two of the partners are full time, five have reduced commitment and the practice employs a female GP retainer.

This door retainer can also be released manually via a release button.

Can a summer retainer fee be split over 12 months or 52 weeks?

Among less important, but still conspicuous, figures may be mentioned Kay (the Kai of the Mabinogion), Arthur's foster-brother and sensechal, the type of the bluff and boastful warrior, and Bedivere (Bedwyr), the type of brave knight and faithful retainer, who alone is with Arthur at his passing, and afterwards becomes " a hermit and a holy man."

Upfront charges do n't have to be abolished to charge an ongoing retainer to the client.

Payment of your retainer deposit can be made on-line by clicking here.

In many regions only practices of training standard can have retainer scheme doctors.

Others offer a retainer scheme where you pay a fee to keep a place open for your baby.

Some bands retain the services of PR on a retainer basis.

Spring ball socket retainer and/or drilled head to accept retaining pin where applicable.

Two of the partners are full time, five have reduced commitment and the practice employs a female GP Retainer.

This retainer is an advance payment to be put towards fees, charges, and costs associated with your case.

Additionally, you will be asked to sign a retainer agreement, which lays out billing and fee agreements.

Ask if the lawyer asks new clients to pay a retainer before work on the file can start on the file and if so, what the amount is.

Most likely, a retainer worn at night might do the trick.

After braces are removed, many teens will need to wear a retainer for a few years or more until the teeth and jaws have completely adjusted to their new positions.

Another type of sleep apnea mouthpiece is a tongue retainer which uses a suction cup device to keeps the tongue in place.

A second type is a tongue retainer that pulls the tongue forward.

They sometimes charge extremely high retainer or contingency fees, substantially reducing the size of the payment recovered by the family.

Once the teeth have been moved into their new position, the braces are removed, and a retainer is worn until the teeth stabilize in that position.

Often a retainer is initially worn all the time; its use is gradually tapered until it is only worn at night, and eventually not at all.

In these straits the Greek government entrusted the supreme command of the troops to Karaiskakis, an old retainer of Ali of Iannina, a master of the art of guerilla war, and, above all, a man of dauntless courage and devoted patriotism.

Further evidence was supplied by Thomas Crawford, a retainer of the house of Lennox, tallying so exactly with the text of the casket letters as to have been cited in proof that the latter must needs be a forgery.

As Siegfried approaches Worms, Kriemhild's brothers, the Burgundian kings Gunther, Giselher and Gernot watch his coming, and to them their faithful retainer, "the grim Hagen," explains who he is.

What is unusual about my engine is that someone had fitted a four plate retainer, but to the timing side crankcase only.

The Euro Sling Retainer has breathable gussets, full zip closure and a cord to secure it whilst being used as a temporary sack.

You would probably have to pay a retainer of 25% of the agreed fee.

In Scotland, even as late as the reign of James VI., lords of parliament were always created bannerets as well as barons at their investiture, " part of the ceremony consisting in the display of a banner, and such ` barones majores ' were thereby entitled to the privilege of having one borne by a retainer before them to the field of a quadrilateral form."