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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being a retainer or follower; hence, a feeling of loyalty or attachment to a chief.

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Examples

  • It put the Republican Senator from Ohio on a legal retainership—his fee in 1900 alone was $44,500.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • It put the Republican Senator from Ohio on a legal retainership—his fee in 1900 alone was $44,500.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Members of parliament are required to disclose: shares and financial interest held in any public or private company; any employer providing remuneration; directorships in any corporate body; memberships in any partnership recognised by law; any consultancy or retainership; any financial sponsorships or assistance provided from non-party sources; any gifts or hospitality with a value in excess of R350.

    Contents 1996

  • House service was the older feudal idea of personal retainership, developed in Virginia and

    The Negro 1915

  • On the other hand it was the milder and far different Virginia house service and the personal retainership of town life in which most white children grew up; it was this that impressed their imaginations and which they have so vividly portrayed.

    The Negro 1915

  • They had settled upon the Prince of India in a kind of retainership.

    The Prince of India — Volume 02 Lewis Wallace 1866

  • This was complexioned by a certain sense of 'honor rooted in dishonor,' and by a faint reflection from elder retainership.

    Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866

  • All the few in whom yet lingered any shadow of retainership towards the fast-fading chieftainship of Glenwarlock, seemed to cherish the notion that the heir of the house had to be tended and cared for like a child -- that was what they were in the world for.

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • In fact, they stood on the borderland of that feudal retainership which was being rapidly extinguished.

    Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The company already employees over a dozen expatriate staff, mainly from the US and Europe, and they are recruited both as direct employees on the pay roll or under retainership.

    The Financial Express 2010

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