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superannuation

/ˈsupərˈænjəˌweɪʃən/
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Other forms: superannuations

Definitions of superannuation
  1. noun
    the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)
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    discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, heave-ho, liberation, release, sack, sacking
    the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  2. noun
    a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work
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    pension
    a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
  3. noun
    the property of being out of date and not current
    synonyms: obsoleteness
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    oldness
    the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
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