preretirement
- noun
- /ˌpriːrɪˈtaɪərmənt/
- Since social provisions are determined by socioeconomic status, the inequalities experienced in preretirement years are sustained.
- preretirement years
Examples
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Many people focus on their finances during preretirement to ensure a comfortable lifestyle after they stop working.
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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.
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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.