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preretirement

preretirement adjective: occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.

Adjective

preretirement (not comparable)

  1. Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.
    • The crux of the economists’ arguments was that financial services companies were overestimating the percentage of preretirement income needed to live well when no longer working.2007 March 17, Damon Darlin, “Some More Numbers to Juggle in Figuring Out Retirement”, in New York Times
    Antonyms:
    postretirement

Antonyms of preretirement

Origin of preretirement

From pre- + retirement.

Questions about preretirement

What does preretirement mean?
Preretirement means occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.
What part of speech is preretirement?
Preretirement is an adjective.

Words near preretirement in the dictionary

  1. preretinally
  2. preretinopathy
  3. preretired
  4. preretiree
  5. preretirees
  6. preretirement
  7. preretraction
  8. preretrieval
  9. prereturn
  10. prereveal
  11. prerevealed

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