REFRESHER

refresher

(noun) a drink that refreshes; “he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher”

refresher

(noun) a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

refresher (plural refreshers)

Something that refreshes.

A review to refresh or renew knowledge.

(legal) A fee paid to counsel to continue with a case, especially one that was adjourned.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*fresh"er (-r), n.

1. One who, or that which, refreshes.

2. (Law)

Definition: An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted. Ten guineas a day is the highest refresher which a counsel can charge. London Truth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

14 May 2025

TERNARY

(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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