retainer
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Without having proxy advisers on retainer, annual meetings are dominated by those who do: asset managers and activist investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
The firm will get nearly half the payout for each client, per retainer agreements viewed by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
"In the American version, it's a very expensive format, having a writers' room and keeping a cast of actors on retainer, essentially, the whole time. That's really expensive," Lewis told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
He also insisted that his client only ever paid Cohen for his legal work, subject to a retainer that was never documented.
From Salon • May 29, 2024
The peanut butter molds to the roof of my mouth like a retainer.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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