Retainer
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A retainer can be:
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- a person being part of the retinue (suite, train) of a dignitary etcetera, either performing personal services such as man servant, pageboy, bodyguard, or rather occasionally in proximity such as a minstrel
- the part of a contractually due sum that is paid in advance, while the balance will only follow after receipt on the counterpart in goods or services; also called advance payment or deposit
- a device in dentistry: Retainer (orthodontic device) used to correct or keep teeth corrected
- an individual, in civil proceedings, assigned to maintain assets of an organization; for example, in a lawsuit between shareholders, a judge may be asked to replace an executive who holds shares with a retainer if they believe there is a danger of the executive running the company into the ground
- RFA Retainer (A329), an armament support ship
- a plastic substitute post-earing to prevent the closing of a piercing
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