📚 A review course 🥤 A cool drink 💼 An extra payment

refresher

1 9.9

An extra payment to a lawyer when a court case continues past one day

noun
/rɪˈfrɛʃə/

: honorario suplementario

The lawyer requested a refresher for the additional work needed on the case, which had extended into a second day.

Examples

The judge approved the refresher fee.
The lawyer requested a refresher for the extended case.
If the hearing lasts more than one day, a refresher is usually agreed upon in advance.
The barrister received a refresher after the trial extended into a second week.
The cost of a refresher may be significant for lengthy court proceedings.
After the first day of court, the barrister discussed the refresher fee required for continuing the trial.
In lengthy legal cases, it's common for barristers to charge a refresher for each day beyond the initial hearing.

Compounds

refresher course

9 3.6

A short course that reviews and updates what people already know

How Large

surcharge

31 5.5

refresher

1 9.9

small fee

9 1.0

free of charge

39 1.2

Surface Forms

refresher singular

refreshers plural

Morphology

refresher = refresh (opaque) = re + fresh + er

This legal sense ('additional fee' for extended counsel) is a specialized usage not readily predictable from 'refresh' + '-er' by an average learner.

Etymology

Refresher comes from re- 'again' and fresh 'new' or 'cool', so it means 'make fresh again'. In law, a refresher became the name for an extra payment that 'renews' a lawyer's pay for another day when a case continues, which is why it is an additional fee.