Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defined contributions

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
de-fined -con-tri-bu-tions
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a pension scheme in which an employer agrees to provide a pension payment or lump sum on retirement that is based on the combination of the employer's and employee's contributions to the scheme over the employee's working life.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

DC (alternative) defined contribution (alternative)

Synonyms

money purchase

Antonyms

defined benefits final salary

Questions

What does defined contributions mean?
Describing a pension scheme in which an employer agrees to provide a pension payment or lump sum on retirement that is based on the combination of the employer's and employee's contributions to the scheme over the employee's working life.

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