Retainer vs. Staff

Retainernoun

Any thing or person that retains.

Retainernoun

A dependent or follower of someone of rank.

Retainernoun

A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.

Retainernoun

A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.

Retainernoun

(dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

Retainernoun

A retaining valve.

Retainernoun

One who, or that which, retains.

Retainernoun

One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.

Retainernoun

Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.

Retainernoun

The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.

Retainernoun

The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.

Retainernoun

a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

Retainernoun

a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

Retainernoun

a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

Staffnoun

(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

Staffnoun

A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.

Staffnoun

(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.

Staffnoun

(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W

Staffnoun

A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.

Staffnoun

A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Staffnoun

(archaic) The rung of a ladder.

Staffnoun

A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

Staffnoun

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

Staffnoun

(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

Staffnoun

(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.

Staffverb

(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

Staffnoun

A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.

Staffnoun

A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.

Staffnoun

A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.

Staffnoun

A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Staffnoun

The round of a ladder.

Staffnoun

A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

Staffnoun

The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; - formerly called stave.

Staffnoun

An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

Staffnoun

The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

Staffnoun

An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See État Major.

Staffnoun

Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used for the entire group of employees of an enterprise, excluding the top management; as, the staff of a newspaper.

Staffnoun

Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.

Staffnoun

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task;

Staffnoun

the body of teachers and administrators at a school;

Staffnoun

a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;

Staffnoun

building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

Staffnoun

a rod carried as a symbol

Staffnoun

(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

Staffverb

provide with staff;

Staffverb

serve on the staff of;