Word: retainership
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
tain
er
ship
Definition: The practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee.
Morphemes:
Affix: retain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To employ by paying a retainer.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.
Affix: teneō
Language: la
Decoded: teneo
Meaning: to hold
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.
Affix: -ship
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union.