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retirement [rɪˈtaɪəmənt] n 1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a. the act of retiring from one's work, office, etc. b. (as modifier) retirement age 2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the period of being retired from work she had many plans for her retirement 3. seclusion from the world; privacy 4. the act of going away or retreating An operation in which a force out of contact moves away from the enemy. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
retirement noun 1. stopping work, giving up work She'll soon be on her way to retirement. 2. retired years, post-work years financial help during retirement 3. withdrawal, retreat, privacy, loneliness, obscurity, solitude, seclusion retirement in the countryside Translations retirement [rɪˈtaɪəment] A. N 1. (= state of being retired) → retiro m to live in retirement → vivir en el retiro to spend one's retirement growing roses → dedicarse a cultivar rosas después de la jubilación how will you spend your retirement? → ¿qué piensa hacer cuando se jubile? 2. (= act of retiring) (gen) → jubilación f (esp Mil) → retiro m 3. (Mil) (= withdrawal) → retirada f B. CPD retirement age N → edad f de jubilación (Mil) → edad f de retiro retirement benefit N → prestaciones fpl por jubilación retirement pay, retirement pension N → jubilación f (Mil) → retiro m retirement [rɪˈtaɪərmənt] retirement n (= stopping work) → Ausscheiden nt → aus dem Arbeitsleben (form); (of civil servant, military officer) → Pensionierung f; (of soldier) → Verabschiedung f; retirement at 60/65 → Altersgrenze f → bei 60/65; to announce one’s retirement → sein Ausscheiden (aus seinem Beruf/seiner Stellung etc) ankündigen, sich pensionieren lassen wollen (= period) how will you spend your retirement? → was tun Sie, wenn Sie einmal nicht mehr arbeiten/wenn Sie pensioniert or im Ruhestand sind?; to come out of retirement → wieder zurückkommen retirement: retirement age retirement benefit n → Altenhilfe f retirement home n → Seniorenheim nt; (personal) → Alterswohnsitz m retirement pay n → Altersrente f retirement pension n → Altersruhegeld nt (form) retirement [rɪˈtaɪəmənt] n to look forward to one's retirement → non vedere l'ora di andare in pensione on her retirement she hopes to ... → quando va in pensione spera di... early retirement → prepensionamento retirement [rɪˈtaɪəmənt] n to look forward to one's retirement → non vedere l'ora di andare in pensione on her retirement she hopes to ... → quando va in pensione spera di... early retirement → prepensionamento How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But the Honest Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a company of other honest men it was none of his affair; and when the officers came to serve him with a subpoena he hid himself behind his back and wiled away the dragging hours of retirement and inaction by picking his own pockets. Vernon, to whom her own behaviour was far from unexceptionable, might for a time make her wish for retirement. They would grow old insensibly; they would see their son and daughter come to years of reason, marry in due course -- the one a pretty girl, future mother of healthy children; the other a handsome, manly fellow, obviously a soldier; and at last, prosperous in their dignified retirement, beloved by their descendants, after a happy, not unuseful life, in the fullness of their age they would sink into the grave. |
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