Definitions for: Superannuation


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[n] the property of being out of date and not current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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

The world itself is in a state of superannuation.
--Cowper.

Slyness blinking through the watery eye of
superannuation. --Coleridge.

Synonyms: obsoleteness, old-age pension, retirement benefit, retirement check, retirement fund, retirement pension

See Also: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, oldness, pension, release, sack, sacking

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