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  SEP

  noun

  Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
• sep.
  sep.

  abbreviation

  separate.

SEP

¹ American  

[sep] / sɛp /

noun

1. Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.

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sep. ² American  

abbreviation

1. separate.

2. separated.

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SEP sep.

I feel like the first time I found out that one of my friends had a SEP IRA, I was like, “When did we all decide that we’re getting SEP IRAs?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Daco agrees that Warsh may opt out of publishing his own SEP numbers, given his skepticism about the usefulness of economic and interest-rate projections.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

I have a SEP IRA with $60,000 in it.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

A SEP often moves markets the afternoon it’s released, and it sets a baseline against which investors judge subsequent policy decisions and statements from Fed officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

He sighed heavily and perused the letter, which read as follows: Chicago, Ill., SEP.

From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague

It would be better to entrust the procuring of the cut to the printer, for he will know just what is wanted and can sep. 51cure the same at a better price.

From Practical Pointers for Patentees by Cresee, Franklin