Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

money purchase

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
mon-ey pur-chase
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
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.

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What does money purchase 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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