Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like..
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) One who, or that which, retains..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence..