plural of general retainer

(law) A fee paid to counsel for work on a particular case.

(law) A fee paid to secure a priority of claim on a counsel's services.

(accounting) The amount of net income left over for a business after it has paid out dividends to its shareholders.

(computer graphics) A mode in which the application updates a set of graphical objects which are stored and displayed by the graphics library, contrasting with immediate mode.

The policy of preserving historical material regarded as problematic (such as statues), with appropriate contextual explanation, rather than destroying it or attempting to erase it from history.