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retainership

retainership noun: the practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee.

Noun

retainership (plural retainerships)

  1. The practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee.
    • In the fourteenth century, the old English tie of retainership, similar to, but more liberal than that which had connected the thane and churl in earlier days, had replaced whatever of feudal relation the Norman Conquest had introduced […]1842 January, “Pictorial History of England”, in The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, volume 74, page 454

Forms of retainership

pluralretainerships

Origin of retainership

From retainer + -ship.

Questions about retainership

What does retainership mean?
Retainership means the practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee.
What part of speech is retainership?
Retainership is a noun.
What is the plural of retainership?
The plural of retainership is retainerships.

Words near retainership in the dictionary

  1. retained mode
  2. retainedst
  3. retainer
  4. retainerless
  5. retainers
  6. retainership
  7. retainerships
  8. retainest
  9. retaineth
  10. retaining
  11. retaining and explaining

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