retainer
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɹɪˈteɪn.ə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ɹɪˈteɪn.ɚ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ɹəˈteɪn.ɚ//
Any thing or person that retains.
Substantiv
- 1
Any thing or person that retains.
- 2
A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
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.
- 3
A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
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.
- 4
A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.
- 5
A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
You give me head / It makes it worse / Take out your fuckin' retainer / Put it in your purse
- 6
A retaining valve.
Herkunft
Etymology tree English retain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English retainer From retain + -er.
Formen
- Plural
- retainers