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noun
A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one′s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pension, super
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The condition or of being superannuated; old age or obsolescence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: retirement, elderliness, disuse, age, chair days, codgerhood, eld, fogeydom, geezerdom, golden years, old age, oldhood, senescence, senectitude, superannuation, twilight years, sunset years, vetustity, desuetude, disusage, inusitation, obsolescence, obsoleteness, obsoletion, unuse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
noun
the property of being out of date and not current
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: obsoleteness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oldness
noun
a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: old-age pension, retirement pension, retirement check, retirement benefit, retirement fund
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pension
History
From superannuate + -ion, from superannuated.
Across languages
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