Superannuation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The world itself is in a state of superannuation.
                                                    --Cowper.
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           Slyness blinking through the watery eye of
           superannuation.                          --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  superannuation
       n 1: 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       2: the property of being out of date and not current [syn: {obsoleteness}]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)