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preretirement

preretirement

1 5.3
The time before a person stops working
  • noun
  • /ˌpriːrɪˈtaɪərmənt/
: prejubilación
  • Since social provisions are determined by socioeconomic status, the inequalities experienced in preretirement years are sustained.
  • preretirement years

Examples

  • Many people focus on their finances during preretirement to ensure a comfortable lifestyle after they stop working.

  • They are able to maintain the socioeconomic status they had during their preretirement years.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Thus, the pay of a member retiring after 20 years, although 50% of base pay, is about 38% of total preretirement compensation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Those more highly paid are also more likely to have access to preretirement counseling and a benefits package.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The share increases with additional service; a member retiring after 30 years receives about 60% of preretirement compensation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • With the onset of old age and retirement, they attempt to maintain their preretirement middle-class lifestyle and do so through public support.

    Academic text (1991)
  • That is, the program pays retired workers with a history of low wages a higher percentage of their preretirement earnings in monthly benefits than it does other workers.

    Academic text (2007)
  • While workers with higher earnings will generally receive higher absolute benefits, the program replaces a much larger proportion of preretirement earnings for low-income as compared to high-income workers.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Financial status was indexed by respondents' ratings of adequacy of present compared to preretirement financial status on a five-point scale that ranged from 1 = much less adequate to 5 = much more adequate.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Planning for preretirement can help individuals explore new hobbies and activities for their retirement years.

How Close

retirement
401 1.6
preretirement
1 5.3
midlife
9 3.5
midcareer
1 3.8
career
∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

preretirement singular

Morphology

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

The noun meaning 'the period before retirement' is directly recoverable from the prefix 'pre-' and the base noun 'retirement'.

Etymology

Preretirement comes from pre- 'before' and retirement from retire 'to stop working'. So, used as a noun it names the time or years just before a person stops working.