retirement fund

noun/rɪˈtaɪəmənt fʌnd/CEFR B2

অবসরের জন্য জমানো তহবিল

Meaning

Money saved and invested to live on after you stop working.

Example sentences

  • She pays into a retirement fund monthly.প্রতি মাসে তিনি অবসর তহবিলে টাকা জমা দেন।
  • The crash halved his retirement fund.ধসে তার অবসর তহবিল অর্ধেক হয়ে গিয়েছিল।

Common phrases with “retirement fund”

  • pay into a retirement fundঅবসর তহবিলে জমা দেওয়া
  • draw on a retirement fundঅবসর তহবিল থেকে তোলা
  • build a retirement fundঅবসর তহবিল গড়া

A common mistake

He receives a retirement fund every month.→He receives a pension every month.

The fund is the pot of money; the pension is the payment that comes out of it. In Bangladesh the workplace version is usually called a provident fund.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: pension, provident fund

Similar words, and what each means

  • pension

    পেনশন, অবসরভাতা

    Regular money paid to a person after they stop working in old age.

  • provident fund

    ভবিষ্য তহবিল

    A savings scheme where employer and employee both pay in, and the worker takes the total at the end of service.

  • provident fund

    ভবিষ্য তহবিল

    A savings scheme where employer and employee both pay in, and the worker takes the total at the end of service.

Check yourself

  1. “retirement fund” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • ফাঁদ (দড়ির), জাল
    • • টিনের কৌটা খোলার যন্ত্র
    • • সহকর্মী (ঘরোয়া শব্দ)
    • • অবসরের জন্য জমানো তহবিল
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    অবসরের জন্য জমানো তহবিল — retirement fund (noun) — অবসরের জন্য জমানো তহবিল. Money saved and invested to live on after you stop working.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “retirement fund”?

    • • police
    • • pension
    • • thermometer
    • • batch
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    pension — pension — পেনশন, অবসরভাতা. Regular money paid to a person after they stop working in old age.

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