Often, dealers or advisers will charge an annual retainer, especially for new collectors who take up a lot of time but don't necessarily buy much.

Andrew also worked for Edinburgh town with an annual retainer of 10 marks.

So why the high annual retainers and attendance fees?

Providian's outside directors receive annual retainers of $60,000 for their service.

Corral, in return, received an annual tax-free retainer of $200,000, which didn't hurt him very much either.

The school provided the choir and any boys failing to attend had a fine docked from their annual retainer of £1.

He had to come, because I had him on a large annual retainer to see to the, ah, medical needs of the girls.

Last month, he made the formal transition, and on Sept. 1, he began seeing only those patients who paid a $1,500 annual retainer.

John's firm 's annual retainers from its Albany clients total $378,000, according to records kept by the state lobbying commission.

In part of that time, he was on an annual retainer of $30,000 a year from East Germany.