Question 1 · Quick check
retainer
CEFRB2
/ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A payment made to secure someone's services for a period.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA dependent or follower of someone of rank.
Examples
Since the operation, he's been wearing a neon pink retainer.
They met at the estate of the shogun's retainer to play a game of cards.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
Any thing or person that retains.
A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
More examples
In contextThis lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
If they possessed the means to marshal labour, pile up food resources and provender armies of year-round retainers, what sort of royalty would consciously elect not to do so.
Of all this family lore I knew but little and vaguely; only what is to be gathered from the fireside talk of old retainers in the nursery.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
noun
From retain + -er.