retirement community

American  

noun

1. a group of houses in a suburban area or a town designed primarily for retired persons.

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Etymology

Origin of retirement community

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

The Senate “isn’t a retirement community,” the younger man likes to say.

From The Wall Street Journal

The property was a mobile home in a retirement community and was registered like a vehicle through the DMV.

From MarketWatch

These days, Silverblatt lives in a 55-and-up retirement community near Palm Beach with his wife and is looking to eventually buy a home.

From The Wall Street Journal

The following year, Jim and Nina Cope headed in the opposite direction, selling their mobile home in a retirement community in Avon Park, Fla., for $59,000 after repeated rent hikes for the lot.

From The Wall Street Journal

We are also on a retirement community wait list, but do not plan on moving there for at least five years, unless medically necessary or one of us passes.

From MarketWatch