English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of retainer

retainer

/noun/ अनुचर; सेवक; आश्रित; प्रतिधारण; रोक रखने वाला; प्रतिधारक;

Synonym squire; servant; dependent; retention;

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English Dictionary:

1. Retainer

[n.]

- One who, or that which, retains.
- One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
- Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
- The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
- The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
- 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.
- The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.