superannuation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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},
         {superannuation}]
    2: the property of being out of date and not current [syn:
       {obsoleteness}, {superannuation}]
    3: the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to
       cause someone to retire from service on a pension)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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