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retiree

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for retiree.

Editorial note

Even historically modest productivity growth means that if a worker is supporting 1 retiree this year, then next year he can support 1.015 retirees and in 60 years the average worker can support 2.4 retirees.

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Quick take

Someone who has retired from active working.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of retiree gathered in one view.

noun

Someone who has retired from active working.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for retiree.

noun

Someone who has retired from active working.

Example sentences

1

Even historically modest productivity growth means that if a worker is supporting 1 retiree this year, then next year he can support 1.015 retirees and in 60 years the average worker can support 2.4 retirees.

2

A retiree supplementing their retirement savings with a part time job; the vast majority of teenage workers.

3

Its not that far fetched that you would see medical tourism take off from Florida with its vast retiree population.

4

Germans have to work to 69 now and get less than the average Greek retiree.

5

We're supposed to be outraged at 'excessive' pensions that, at the extreme end, match the salary of the retiree before they retired.

6

In particular Krugman notes that the average retiree has basically nothing in interest earnings.

7

If you are retired, what is your lifestyle like and in particular how has your career impacted your life as a retiree.

8

A lien has the problem that, for a retiree who probably won't need another credit line, there isn't much incentive to pay.

9

There is however defiantly a rampant political shortsightedness as evidenced by many nations de-prioritizing education so as not to piss off retiree voters.

10

I mean a diversity of experience, fresh college student, a 60 year old near retiree, and someone that just spent six months backpacking in South America etc.

11

The median retiree has a bit more than $100K in total net worth (most of it in housing), and earns bupkis in interest.

12

I won't be a couch retiree though, I plan to spend perhaps 20 hours a week coding on various things.

Quote examples

1

Being a retiree is not much different from being unemployed, other than society (and consequently the retirees themselves) viewing them as having "earned it".

2

The parent commenter's use of "pyramid scheme" means that he or she is trotting out some variation of the argument that current benefits for retirees are paid by current employees, that in 1940 there were 30 workers for every one retiree but it'll someday be 2:1, etc.

3

Schlossberg, 85, a retiree counselor and former University of Maryland psychologist, calls men and women who exploit the skills of their old jobs “continuers.” She calls those who take up something new “adventurers.” Continuers and adventurers make up the vigorous end of Dr.

4

Even if it wasn't meant to be temporary, is someone who is "overqualified" really more of a statistically significant "flight risk" than some high school kid, an elderly retiree, or someone who somehow has made a career of being a seasonal door greeter?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use retiree in a sentence?

Even historically modest productivity growth means that if a worker is supporting 1 retiree this year, then next year he can support 1.015 retirees and in 60 years the average worker can support 2.4 retirees.

What does retiree mean?

Someone who has retired from active working.

What part of speech is retiree?

retiree is commonly used as noun.