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Suppose you're negotiating an assignment with one of your clients, who typically pays a retainer for your services.

假设你正在和一个客户谈判转让事宜，而按惯例她是先预付服务费的。

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Very early in the on-my-own portion of my professional service career, I had a retainer arrangement with a large textbook publisher.

我自己创业进行专业服务生涯的极早期，我和一家大出版公司有一项付费服务。

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If they insist, I make sure to get a retainer that will cover costs for the first month.

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In some cases they are paid for term-time work only, in others they get at least a retainer over the holidays.

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Am I the only one who still wears a retainer?

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