Retainer may refer to:
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Retainer (orthodontics)
Orthodontic retainers are custom-made devices, usually made of wires or clear plastic, that hold teeth in position after surgery or any method of realigning teeth. Once a phase of orthodontic treatment has been completed to straighten teeth, the ...
, devices for teeth
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RFA ''Retainer'' (A329), a ship
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Retainers in early China Retainers, also known as ''house guests'' (), ''invited guests'' () or ''catered guests'' (), were a special social group in Ancient China from pre-Qin period to Han dynasty, who lived as dependent employees under a nobleman, an officeholder or a p ...
, a social group in early China
Employment
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Retainer agreement
A retainer agreement is a work-for-hire contract. It falls between a one-off contract and permanent employment, which may be full-time or part-time. Its distinguishing feature is that the client or customer pays in advance for professional work ...
, a contract in which an employer pays in advance for work, to be secured or specified later, when required
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Domestic worker
A domestic worker or domestic servant is a person who works within the scope of a residence. The term "domestic service" applies to the equivalent occupational category. In traditional English contexts, such a person was said to be "in service ...
or servant, especially one who has been with one family for a long time (chiefly British English)
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Affinity (medieval)
In post-classical history, an affinity was a collective name for the group (retinue) of (usually) men whom a lord gathered around himself in his service; it has been described by one modern historian as "the servants, retainers, and other follo ...
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Retinue
A retinue is a body of persons "retained" in the service of a noble, royal personage, or dignitary; a ''suite'' (French "what follows") of retainers.
Etymology
The word, recorded in English since circa 1375, stems from Old French ''retenue'', it ...
, a person or group gathered around in the service of a lord
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RETAIN
RETAIN is a mainframe based Database management system, database system, accessed via IBM 3270 terminals (or more likely, emulators), used internally within IBM providing service support to IBM field personnel and customers.
The acronym RETAIN sta ...
, a mainframe-based database system
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Retainer sacrifice
Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, an authoritative/priestly figure or spirits of dead ancestors or as a retainer sacrifice, wherein ...
, the sacrifice of a human servant
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Retainer medicine
Concierge medicine, also known as retainer medicine, is a relationship between a patient and a primary care physician in which the patient pays an annual fee or retainer. This may or may not be in addition to other charges. In exchange for the reta ...
, a relationship between a patient and a primary care physician in which the patient pays an annual fee or retainer
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Retention (disambiguation)
Retention may refer to:
General
* Recall (memory), in learning, the ability to recall facts and figures in memory
* Memory and retention in learning
* Selective retention
* Cultural retention
* Customer retention
* University student retention
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