superannuation
NounSynonyms:
old-age pensionretirement pensionretirement checkretirement benefitretirement fundobsoleteness
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from workSynonyms: old-age pensionretirement pensionretirement checkretirement benefitretirement fundType of pension
- the property of being out of date and not currentSynonyms: obsoletenessType of oldnessKinds antiquatedness
- the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)Type of dismissal, dismission
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Su′per·an′nu·a′tion noun
The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.
The world itself is in a state of superannuation.— William Cowper
Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation.— Samuel T. Coleridge
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54