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1Retire — To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * retire re‧tire [rɪˈtaɪə ǁ ˈtaɪr] verb 1. [intransitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop work at the end of your working life: • He wanted to retire at 50. •… …
2retire — To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * retire re‧tire [rɪˈtaɪə ǁ ˈtaɪr] verb 1. [intransitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop work at the end of your working life: • He wanted to retire at 50 …
3retire — verb 1 FROM WORK a) (I) to stop work at the end of your working life: He retired when he was 65. (+ from): After retiring from the army it took William a long time to adjust to civilian life. | retire early (=retire before the usual age) b)… …
4Retirement — For other uses, see Retirement (disambiguation). Finance Financial markets …
5Joshua Gregory — (1790–20 August 1838) was an early settler in colonial Western Australia. Two of his sons, Augustus Charles and Francis Thomas, became renowned Australian explorers.Joshua Gregory entered the army in 1805 as an ensign in the 78th Highlanders… …
6Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 — The Hughes Court, 1932–1937. Front row: Justices Brandeis and Van Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes, and Justices McReynolds and Sutherland. Back row: Justices Roberts, Butler, Stone, and Cardozo …
7Pensions in the United Kingdom — fall into seven major divisions; Basic State Pension, State Second Pension (S2P), Occupational Pensions, Stakeholder Pensions, Group Personal Pensions and Personal or Individual Pensions. Personal accounts, automatic enrollment and the minimum… …
8John George Nathaniel Gibbes — Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes (30 March 1787 5 July 1873) was a British army officer who emigrated to Australia in 1834, becoming a Crown appointed member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Collector of Customs for the… …
9Charles Shaw (British Army officer) — For other people with this name, see Charles Shaw (disambiguation). Sir Charles Shaw Born 1795 Ayr, Scotland Died 22 February 1871 Bad Homberg vor der Hohe, Germany Alle …
10Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer) — For the similarly named General, his first cousin and contemporary in the Peninsular Campaign, see Charles James Napier. Sir Charles Napier Admiral Sir Charles Napier (print, c. 1855) …
