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retirals

retirals is the plural of retiral.

Meaning of retiral

Noun

retiral (countable and uncountable, plural retirals)

  1. (Scotland) Withdrawal, retreat.
  2. (Scotland) Retirement from employment.
    • By that time I had sold the main business, being past retiral age.2003, Alasdair Gray, “Job's Skin Game”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 731
  3. The act of taking up a bill when due.

Questions about retirals

What is retirals the plural of?
Retirals is the plural of retiral.

Words near retirals in the dictionary

  1. retiracies
  2. retiracy
  3. retirade
  4. retirades
  5. retiral
  6. retirals
  7. retirant
  8. retirants
  9. retire
  10. retire hurt
  11. retire the side

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