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RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retirement savings account mean? 

RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT (noun)
  The noun RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT has 1 sense:

1. a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirementplay

  Familiarity information: RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pension account; pension plan; retirement account; retirement plan; retirement program; retirement savings account; retirement savings plan

Hypernyms ("retirement savings account" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retirement savings account"):

401-k; 401-k plan (a retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA; funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself)

individual retirement account; IRA (a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred)

Keogh plan (a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons)


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