Roth IRA

1. an individual retirement account in which investments are made with taxable dollars, but earnings are tax-free and withdrawals are tax-free after age 59 1/2.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Roth IRA¹

1997; after William V. Roth, Jr., senator from Delaware

Example Sentences

For reasons sort of dumb and complicated, my decent-sized Roth IRA is now almost entirely sitting in a money market account.

From The Daily Beast

All savings, in effect, are getting the advantage of being in a Roth IRA.

From The Daily Beast