individual (noun)
1individual retirement account — noun a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred • Syn: ↑IRA • Hypernyms: ↑pension plan, ↑pension account, ↑retirement plan, ↑retirement… …
2individual — I adjective detached, deviating, different, differentiated, discrete, disjoined, disjunct, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, exceptional, extracted, extraordinary, independent, individualized, isolated, nonconforming, nonuniform, particular …
3individual savings account — ( ISA) The new tax exempt savings scheme launched in April 1999 as a replacement for the personal equity plan ( PEP) and tax efficient special savings scheme ( TESSA). ISAs can be used to invest in a very wide range of investments and consist of… …
4individual income tax — ➔ income tax * * * individual income tax UK US noun [C or U] ► TAX a tax paid by people on the money they earn, not a tax that a company pays on its profits: »The deadline for filing individual income tax forms is April 17th …
5individual — When used as a noun, individual should denote a single person in contrast with a group of people or with society as a whole: the role of the individual in the community / She continues to treat them as individuals. It is less satisfactory, and… …
6individual development plan — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION IDP) ► HR, WORKPLACE, MANAGEMENT a document that states what an employee wants to achieve in the future, for example in the next year, and gives a plan for developing their skills so that they are able to achieve… …
7individual health plan — UK US noun [C] (also individual health insurance plan) ► INSURANCE an insurance agreement relating to health care for one person, not for a family or organization: »Mental health coverage is not included in many individual health plans …
8individual branding — UK US noun [U] (also multibranding) ► MARKETING the practice of using a different brand name for each of a company s products: »The advantage of individual branding is that each product has an image and identity that is unique …
9noun of multitude — noun The name of something that contains many individual things or people. Examples: army, fleet, hundred. Syn: collective noun, noun of assemblage …
10individual sport — noun A sport which is practiced by two opposing individuals or one individual. Ant: team sport …