- retainer
- Inservant, slave, domestic servant, attendant, servitor; employee, hired help, hired hand, worker, staffer, hireling, menial, clerk, Inf. gofer, errand boy, messenger boy, messenger, herald, pursuivant; dependent, subordinate, subject, vassal, liegeman, Archaic. yeoman; lackey, Disparaging. flunky, male servant, valet, butler, gentleman, manservant, Archaic. varlet; footman, Fr. valet de pied. groom, equerry, livery; footboy, boy, page, bellboy, bellhop, Brit. boots, Brit. buttons; female servant, maidservant, handmaid, handmaiden, maid, housemaid, cleaning lady or woman, scullery maid.IInretaining fee, preliminary fee, partial payment, down payment, initial payment, first installment; advance, payment up front, deposit.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.