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re⋅tire⋅ment
[ri-tahyuh
r-muhnt] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of retiring or the state of being retired. |
| 2. | removal or withdrawal from service, office, or business. |
| 3. | the portion of a person's life during which a person is retired. |
| 4. | a pension or other income on which a retired person lives: His retirement is barely enough to pay the rent. |
| 5. | withdrawal into privacy or seclusion. |
| 6. | privacy or seclusion. |
| 7. | a private or secluded place. |
| 8. | Military. orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy. |
| 9. | withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange. |
–adjective
| 10. | noting or pertaining to retirement: retirement pay. |
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Retirement
Re*tire"ment\, n. [Cf. F. retirement.]1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. --Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. --Thomson. 2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic] This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. --Evelyn. Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. --Addison. Syn: Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude.
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Language Translation for : retirement
Spanish:
jubilación,
German:
die Pensionierung,
Japanese:
退職
retirement
- The disposal of a fixed asset at the end of its useful life. Retirement may result in a gain or loss, depending upon any compensation received for the asset and whether the asset is carried at a positive book value.
- The voiding of a firm's own stock that has been reacquired and is being held as Treasury stock.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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