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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
“Being an actress isn’t as fun as it may seem,” said Bynes, then 24, in her retirement announcement.
Other players have gone one step further by investing in football clubs before retirement.
What, if anything, should we be doing with our retirement savings?
Most of those departures were a steady stream of retirements, exacerbated by a spike in resignations that year.
Legendary Swedish screen siren Greta Garbo declared in 1941 at the ripe old age of 36 that she would be taking a "temporary" retirement.
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