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superannuation

[ soo-per-an-yoo-ey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

superannuation

/ ˌsuːpərˌænjʊˈeɪʃən /

1. the amount deducted regularly from employees' incomes in a contributory pension scheme
2. the pension finally paid to such employees
the act or process of superannuating or the condition of being superannuated

First recorded in 1650–60; superannuate + -ion

He remained with the Midland until 1897, when he retired on superannuation at the age of seventy-six.

A superannuation fund has been started, to encourage respectable women to enter the Home.

Until then I had no chance of joining a superannuation fund.

A splendid fellow—but he suffers from what all bishops and all cardinals and all Popes suffer from, and that is superannuation.

They are empowered to grant superannuation annuities to the officers and servants.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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