preretirement en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English retirement English preretirement From pre- + retirement.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.
The crux of the economists’ arguments was that financial services companies were overestimating the percentage of preretirement income needed to live well when no longer working.
2007 March 17, Damon Darlin, “Some More Numbers to Juggle in Figuring Out Retirement”, in New York Times: