Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act of stretching out.
  • noun The condition of being stretched out.
  • noun An extension or prolongation, such as the time required for paying a debt.
  • noun An increase in the work required of industrial workers without a commensurate pay increase.

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Examples

  • The other thing that influences the value of a stretch-out for your family is your choice of beneficiary.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • Still, unless your spouse is much younger than you are, the potential stretch-out is shorter than if you named a child or grandchild as the designated beneficiary.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • Still, unless your spouse is much younger than you are, the potential stretch-out is shorter than if you named a child or grandchild as the designated beneficiary.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • In that case it would pass to the younger beneficiary you named, who can take a longer stretch-out.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • For better or worse, IRA owners can't control whether inheritors take maximum advantage of the stretch-out.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • In that case it would pass to the younger beneficiary you named, who can take a longer stretch-out.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • In financial lingo this is called "blowing the stretch-out."

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • That avoids investment squabbles and allows a longer stretch-out for the younger heirs.

    Five Rules For Inherited IRAs 2010

  • For better or worse, IRA owners can't control whether inheritors take maximum advantage of the stretch-out.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

  • The other thing that influences the value of a stretch-out for your family is your choice of beneficiary.

    How To Stretch Out An IRA 2010

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