noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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Gooseneck found out about it through a retired old retainer who lived in the area.
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Half-a-dozen old retainers acted as anchor-men in the positions they had had in the previous cabinet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Insurance companies keep the finest legal talent on retainer .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alan tells Jody she can hire him for a five-hundred-dollar retainer .
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Control may also be achieved through resource management, such as social insurance schemes or payment of retainers or fees for service.
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Each vied with others in the number of his retainers, the magnificence of his robes and accoutrements.
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Gooseneck found out about it through a retired old retainer who lived in the area.
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Half of outside directors' annual retainers, moreover, would be paid in stock.
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They are reclusive and idiosyncratic, dwelling in exquisite mansions far from each other with their families and a select band of retainers.