final-salary
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Often known as final-salary schemes, these pensions pay a proportion of people's salary at the point they retire.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022
Conventional DC schemes are well established: most companies with old-style final-salary schemes have already enrolled new employees in them.
From Economist • Jun. 5, 2014
LONDON—U.K. public-sector workers should be switched from lucrative final-salary pension schemes to ones based on their average earnings to help reduce the burden on the government's finances, an independent report recommended Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2011
It is also a pension fund that still offers a final-salary scheme – a real rarity.
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2011
If it is a final-salary scheme it is generally best left there.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2010
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