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retainer definition - some lawyers will not represent a client unless the client pays upfront fee to the lawyer before the lawyer begins doing any work. The fee is called a retainer; which retains the lawyer's services.. When the attorney works on the client's case, the lawyer subtracts from the retainer the hourly billing rate until the retainer is used up.

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