19:32 Oct 5, 2006 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities | |||||
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4 +3 | comment |
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3 +2 | synonyms in this context, I gather |
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4 | retirement pension or yearly bonus |
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4 | Government or work pension vs privately funded pension |
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retirement pension or yearly bonus Explanation: I would have thought www.thefreedictionary.com superannuation www.thefreedictionary.com pension |
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Government or work pension vs privately funded pension Explanation: My understanding is that a regular pension is paid by the government in the form of the "old age pension" to help people past retirement age or if you have worked for a company for a long period of time then they will also provide you with a pension after you retire. A superannuation fund is a seperate pension plan where employers can make contributions on behalf of their employees or employees can independantly make their own contributions to give themselves extra income when it comes to retirement. These funds usually have tax benefits. Hope this helps. Mark -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2006-10-06 01:42:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As your context mentions "where income is obtained from "private" sources" I tend to think that in this particular case they are referring to private pension plans and superannuation funds where the individual is independantly investing their own money for their retirement so they pretty much amount to the same thing. |
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synonyms in this context, I gather Explanation: I mean I think a "pension fund" and a "superannuation fund" are different names for the same thing. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2006-10-06 02:18:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This note is motivated by the answer from Chinese Concept, in that it makes reference to *separate funds*. Indeed I think multiple pension funds are involved here, some public and some private perhaps, and the expression *pension or superannuation fund* means, I think, *any pension fund whether it is called a pension fund or a superannuation fund*. |
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21 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
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