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retirement fund

retirement fund

14 3.1
Money saved to give you regular income after you stop working
  • noun
  • /rɪˈtaɪərmənt fʌnd/
translation icon : fondo de pensiones
  • It could be a Vanguard fund like Vt Sax or V FIIX or even a target date Vanguard retirement fund, which I will put right here too.
  • employee retirement fund

His wife, my wife liquidated her retirement fund.

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Examples

  • I'm hoping that I'll have a big enough retirement fund to weather it out until 80.

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  • Many people don't, and target date retirement funds are very popular with those who aren't do-it-yourselfers.

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  • This is my retirement fund.

  • Why should the workers take a huge cut in pay and lose their retirement fund?

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  • We are also saving for a house, retirement funds, and investment accounts.

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  • Is it about paying your bills on time, making sure you have enough retirement funds, investments, and insurance?

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  • The option allows employees to draw from retirement funds while working part-time.

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  • Like us, they were planning vacations, contributing to retirement funds, and working towards a promotion at work.

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  • Participants described salary, health benefits, retirement funds, and educational support as important career motivators, particularly if participants had greater educational debt.

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  • After years of saving, she finally had enough in her retirement fund to enjoy her golden years.

Synonyms

pension fund
vsretirement fund
47 3.0

An organization that collects and manages money to pay people after they stop working

refers to the saved money itself rather than the managing organization
pension plan
vsretirement fund
  • US
27 3.1

Money that an employer or worker saves regularly to give income after you stop working

is the actual sum kept to generate that later income
retirement plan
vsretirement fund
27 3.0

A set of savings and investments that gives you money after you stop working

is the saved money itself rather than the overall financial arrangement
retirement account
vsretirement fund
  • US
21 3.0

A plan where you save money to use after you stop working

is the pool of saved money rather than the technical account
nest egg
vsretirement fund
21 3.4

Money saved for the future, for example for retirement or emergencies

is specifically money set aside to provide regular income after stopping work
retirement program
vsretirement fund
3 3.0

A plan that helps people save money to use after they stop working

is the actual accumulated sum used to give income later
retirement savings plan
vsretirement fund
1 2.5

Money you regularly save to use after you stop working

is money saved for the same purpose often paid out regularly
retirement savings account
vsretirement fund
1 3.1

An account that holds money to use after you stop working

is the accumulated savings rather than the specific account holding them
pension account
vsretirement fund
1 3.3

An account for saving money to use after you stop working

is the pool of money saved for that later income rather than the account
superannuation fund
vsretirement fund
  • UK
6.7

A pool of money that employers and workers save for retirement payments

is simply the saved money meant to provide those payments

How Much

pension fund
47 3.0
retirement fund
14 3.1
nest egg
21 3.4
savings
606 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

retirement + fund

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'retirement' (the period after leaving paid work) with 'fund' (a sum of money designated for a purpose): it straightforwardly denotes money set aside for retirement. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Retirement fund comes from retire, meaning to leave work, and fund, meaning a store of money. Imagine someone stepping away from their job with the money they saved to live on, so the phrase means money kept to pay you after you 'stop working'.