retainers

英 [rɪˈteɪnəz]

美 [rɪˈteɪnərz]

n. (聘请律师等的)预付费用，保留金; (为保留租房而付的)租房订金; 牙齿固位体; 保持器
retainer的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 定金;预付金
Aretaineris a fee that you pay to someone in order to make sure that they will be available to do work for you if you need them to.
1. I'll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer...
  我将收取500美元的定金。
2. Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer.
  利兹每月得到一笔预付金。
N-COUNT （服务多年的）仆人，家仆
A servant who has been with one family for a long time can be referred to as aretainer.
1. I found the gardener, a family retainer, morosely surveying the scene.
  我发现这个园丁——家里一个服侍多年的仆人，愁眉苦脸地审视着这个场景。