Roth

American

[rawth, roth] / rɔθ, rɒθ /

noun

Phillip, 1933–2018, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Roth British

/ rɒθ /

noun

Philip . born 1933, US novelist. His works include Goodbye, Columbus (1959), Portnoy's Complaint (1969), My Life as a Man (1974), Sabbath's Theater (1995), The Human Stain (2000), and The Plot Against America (2004)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Roth

The moments for early Roth conversions don’t even always have to be a full year or more of low income, said James Malatos, an adviser from Atlanta.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

You have a Roth IRA, traditional IRA, inherited IRA and Eli Lilly stock with a very low basis.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

In a Roth account, owners contribute after-tax money, which can generally be withdrawn tax-free, along with investment gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

And many also allow the conversion of pre-tax savings to a Roth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Margo Roth Spiegelman, whose stories of epic adventures would blow through school like a summer storm: an old guy living in a broken-down house in Hot Coffee, Mississippi, taught Margo how to play the guitar.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023