superannuation
- noun
- /ˌsuːpərˌænjuˈeɪʃən/
- UK
- After retiring, she began to receive a monthly superannuation payment from her previous employer's pension fund.
Examples
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Forget your superannuation, your houses, your savings.
Blog text (3) -
She paid for her own food and the children's from the little savings she had collected from the superannuation pay.
Fiction book (1990) -
Employees become committed to work organizations because they receive financial rewards for their efforts and become bound to an organization because of long-term benefits such as superannuation (viz., calculative commitment).
Academic text (1995) -
He checked his superannuation balance to ensure he was on track for a comfortable retirement.
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Many employees rely on their superannuation to provide financial security during their retirement years.
Synonyms
A regular payment someone gets after they stop working, often from a pension
A regular payment to people who have stopped working, often from the government or an employer
Regular monthly money a person gets after they stop working
A regular payment from the government or an employer to someone who has retired
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
superannuation = superannuate (semi-transparent) = super + annu + ation
The noun referring to a regular pension payment is formed from the verb 'superannuate' via '-ation'; learners may not predict 'pension' solely from 'super' + 'annu'.
Etymology
Superannuation comes from the parts super- 'over' and annus 'year', and it is linked to the idea of yearly payments, like something 'annual'. So superannuation can mean the regular pension payment a retired worker receives.