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retainerships

retainerships is the plural of retainership.

Meaning of retainership

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

Questions about retainerships

What is retainerships the plural of?
Retainerships is the plural of retainership.

Words near retainerships in the dictionary

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

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