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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
superannuation
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
superannuation scheme
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fund
▪ The best example is where the superannuation fund is not consolidated.
▪ We have seen that this does not tend to include funds such as the superannuation fund and trust funds.
▪ He emphasises the need for recurrent education and presses for guaranteed incomes for all and a national superannuation fund.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Dependent children are not usually covered by superannuation, although you should notify your employer if you are the sole breadwinner.
▪ He emphasises the need for recurrent education and presses for guaranteed incomes for all and a national superannuation fund.
▪ It is subject to tax, superannuation and national insurance deductions - unlike State Sickness Benefit.
▪ Personal pensions work on a different principle from most occupational schemes or superannuation.
▪ The best example is where the superannuation fund is not consolidated.
▪ The costing of both staff is based on their salaries and allows for National Insurance contributions and superannuation.
▪ The overhaul of superannuation policy in the late 1960s never really happened.
▪ We have seen that this does not tend to include funds such as the superannuation fund and trust funds.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superannuation

Superannuation \Su`per*an`nu*a"tion\, n. 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.
--Cowper.

Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation.
--Coleridge.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
superannuation

1650s, noun of action from superannuate.

Wiktionary
superannuation

n. 1 (context usually uncountable UK Australia New Zealand English) A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one′s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension. 2 (context uncountable English) The act or process of being superannuated.

WordNet
superannuation

  1. n. a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work [syn: old-age pension, retirement pension, retirement check, retirement benefit, retirement fund]

  2. the property of being out of date and not current [syn: obsoleteness]

  3. the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)

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Usage examples of "superannuation".

Besides, he told me about a new method of concrete construction they're trying at one of the Govermnent Superannuation Homes.

At first I thought she was holding out for a really big jackpot or nest-egg or superannuation scheme.