retirement
- noun
- /rɪˈtaɪərmənt/
- Many individuals invest in savings plans to ensure a comfortable retirement in their later years.
- retirement age
- retirement income
- retirement years
You can look to your retirement as the liberation.
- You can look to your retirement as the liberation.
- You can be called out of retirement if you go through this, this way.
- You know, far before most other people consider retirement age, right?
- These are such powerful tools for retirement savings.
- This is the first time since Emma's retirement that I'm like, there is no solution.
- You're going to put them in a retirement resort.
- So maybe, maybe retirement is a really bad idea for many of us.
Examples
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And so a lot of people use those to to save for retirement and so on.
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You know, I'm kind of looking forward to retirement, get back to all the projects and dreams I left behind.
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So my dream date and my dream for retirement kind of changed a little bit.
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And Martin has decided to take an early retirement; he has that much money put away.
Fiction book (1994) -
Following his early retirement, he worked as a professional mentor for a local training company.
Academic text (2011) -
Based on life expectancy, retirement can be almost as long as your working career.
Academic text (2012) -
An elderly accountant died, and his widow moved into a retirement home overlooking the sea.
Fiction book (1998) -
After many years of hard work, she is looking forward to her retirement and spending more time with her family.
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He has been planning for his retirement by saving money and considering where he wants to live.
Synonyms
Leaving work after reaching a set retirement age, often with a pension
The time after a person stops working
Antonyms
Compounds
A place where older people live and get help and take part in group activities
A regular payment someone gets after they stop working, often from a pension
- Specialized
A US savings account for money used after you stop working that grows without tax until you take it out
A regular payment to people who have stopped working, often from the government or an employer
- Specialized
A plan to take equipment or software out of use and remove it safely
How Active
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Morphology
Etymology
Retirement shares the same root as retreat and the verb retire, both meaning 'to move back' or 'withdraw', so retirement is the time in your life when you have stepped back from work and live more quietly.