Retainer vs Imprest - What's the difference?
retainer | imprest |
A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
Any thing or person that retains.
A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
(dentistry): A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
An advance of funds, especially to a government service or employee.
*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 240:
*:Calling on Lacon at the Cabinet Office to deliver the Circus's monthly imprest account for his inspection, he had been astonished to see Sam emerging from his private office, joking easily with Lacon and Saul Enderby of the Foreign Office.
As nouns the difference between retainer and imprest
is that retainer is a dependent or follower of someone of rank while imprest is an advance of funds, especially to a government service or employee.As a verb imprest is
to advance on loan.retainer
English
Noun
(en noun)- This lawyer charges a retainer for his work .