retainer
n. விடாது வைத்திருப்பவர், உறுதியாகக் கொண்டிருப்பது, உழையர், பெருமகனின் உடன்துணைவர், (சட்) முறைப்படியான வைத்திருப்பு உரிமைப்பேறு, வைத்திருப்பு உரிமைப்பேற்றுப் பத்திரம், பணிநிலைத் தங்கவைப்பு, வழக்குரைஞர் தொடர்புரிமைக் கட்டணம்.
Re*tain"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell. 4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) 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. Bouvier. Blackstone. 5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon.