noncontributory
Britishadjective
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denoting an insurance or pension scheme for employees, the premiums of which are paid entirely by the employer
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(of a state benefit) not dependent on national insurance contributions
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not providing contribution; noncontributing
Example Sentences
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As far back as 1904, Du Pont, for example, had set up a noncontributory plan; there were an estimated 4,500 other such plans in operation in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Murray's union already had a number of noncontributory contracts among some 400 pension and insurance agreements with the steel industry and metal fabricators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although union leaders have fought bitterly to impose such noncontributory pensions on management, do the rank & file of unionists really want them?
From Time Magazine Archive
The biggest�and among the oldest�of the noncontributory plans are those of the Bell system�A.T.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is noncontributory when the funds are provided either by the employers or by the state without any payments from the insured.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
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