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preretirement

preretirement

1 4.6
Happening before a person stops working
  • adjective
  • /ˌpriːrɪˈtaɪərmənt/
: prejubilación
  • A preretirement seminar can provide valuable information about healthcare and pension options.

Examples

  • Many people review their finances during the preretirement years to ensure a comfortable retirement.

  • The company offers preretirement counseling to help employees plan for their future.

  • Many employees attend preretirement seminars.

  • The company offers preretirement planning services.

  • The company offers preretirement counseling to help employees plan for their future.

  • Many people review their finances during the preretirement years to ensure a comfortable retirement.

  • A preretirement seminar can provide valuable information about healthcare and pension options.

Synonyms

retiring
vspreretirement
18 3.6

About to leave a job because of reaching the usual age for stopping work

focuses only on the period before leaving work rather than after

How Close

retired
435 1.1
preretirement
1 4.6
midcareer
1 3.8
career
∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

preretirement positive

Morphology

preretirement = retirement (transparent) = pre + retire + ment

The adjective meaning 'before retirement' is a straightforward and productive use of the prefix 'pre-' with the noun 'retirement'.

Etymology

Preretirement is made from the first part pre- meaning 'before' and retire meaning 'to stop working', as in prepare where pre- also means 'before'. So, used as an adjective it describes something that happens just before someone stops working.