Definition

1. Noun:
   • A regular payment made to a person who has retired from work: A sum of money, typically paid monthly, that someone receives after they have stopped working due to age.
   • The act of retiring someone or something because of age or obsolescence: The process of discharging a person from service or removing something from use because it is considered too old or outdated.
   • The state of being obsolete or out of date: The condition of something that is no longer current, modern, or in use.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Her superannuation is enough to live on comfortably. (The regular payment she receives after retiring is sufficient for a comfortable life.)
  • The superannuation of the old machinery was necessary for safety reasons. (The removal of the old machinery from service was required for safety.)
  • The theory faced superannuation after the new discovery. (The theory became obsolete following the new discovery.)

Advanced Usage

• "Superannuation fund": A specific fund where money is saved and invested during a person's working life to provide an income upon retirement. (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as per instructions).
  • He contributes a portion of his salary to his superannuation fund each month.

Variants and Related Words

• Superannuate (verb): To retire or dismiss someone because of age; to become obsolete.
  • The company policy is to superannuate employees at 65.
• Superannuated (adjective): Retired because of age; outdated or obsolete.
  • They replaced the superannuated computer system.

Synonyms

• Pension: A regular payment made during retirement.
• Retirement: The action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work.
• Obsolescence: The process of becoming obsolete or out of date.

Related Phrases

• "To be on superannuation": To be receiving regular retirement payments.
  • After forty years of service, he is now on superannuation.

Noun

1. the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)
2. the property of being out of date and not current
3. a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work