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retirement
[ ri-tahyuhr-muhnt ]
noun
- the act of retiring or of leaving one's job, career, or occupation permanently, usually because of age:
I'm looking forward to my retirement from teaching.
- the portion of a person's life during which a person is retired:
What will you do in retirement?
- a pension or other income on which a retired person lives:
His retirement is barely enough to pay the rent.
- the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired:
After a competitive day on the golf course, she enjoys a quiet retirement to the residents' lounge.
- removal of something from service or use:
retirement of the space shuttle fleet.
- withdrawal of a jury from a courtroom to deliberate in private on a verdict.
- orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy.
- withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange.
- withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
- privacy or seclusion.
- a private or secluded place.
- Baseball, Cricket. the act or instance of the defense putting out or ending the offensive play of a batter, runner, side, etc.
The retirement of the Brewers in the third inning came only after they scored six more runs.
adjective
- noting or pertaining to retirement:
retirement pay.
retirement
/ ɪˈٲɪəəԳ /
noun
- the act of retiring from one's work, office, etc
- ( as modifier )
retirement age
- the period of being retired from work
she had many plans for her retirement
- seclusion from the world; privacy
- the act of going away or retreating
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz··پ·Գ noun
- Dz··پ·Գ adjective
- ··پ·Գ adjective noun
- ···پ·Գ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of retirement1
Example Sentences
That, along with higher faculty and staff costs, larger retirement plan contributions and more expensive healthcare, led to projections last year of a UC budget hole of roughly half a billion dollars.
And, obviously, at this stage of his career, retirement gets closer with every day, with only James knowing for sure where that road ends.
“I don’t have an answer to that,” said James late Wednesday when asked about retirement.
Asked about retirement during the season, James said he was comfortable with the thought.
Such policies are raising the cost of living and sinking the value of retirement savings, threatening Social Security and the deportation of citizens and others without due process, she said.
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