Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a pension plan in which participating members or employees are not required to support the plan with their own contributions.
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- adjective describing a
pension plan in which the members do not provide their own directcontributions
Etymologies
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Examples
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I see it as a threat to Social Security, but I don't see it as being continued as a noncontributory payment with the precarious position Social Security is in.
Tax Cut Deal A Hidden Threat To Social Security The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I see it as a threat to Social Security, but I don't see it as being continued as a noncontributory payment with the precarious position Social Security is in.
Tax Cut Deal A Hidden Threat To Social Security The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I see it as a threat to Social Security, but I don't see it as being continued as a noncontributory payment with the precarious position Social Security is in.
Tax Cut Deal A Hidden Threat To Social Security The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I think that such comments as you posted are noncontributory to reasonable discourse.
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I think that such comments as you posted are noncontributory to reasonable discourse.
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Chile moved to strengthen its social safety net by providing a basic, noncontributory benefit to 60 percent of the poorest individuals, and provide a supplement for those who made contributions but didn't qualify for the minimum benefits.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Reid Cramer 2012
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At the core of the problem are: built-in wage increases (not performance-based); early retirement with fully paid health care to age 65; noncontributory pensions; very expensive health coverage with little or no deductibles or co-pays; and excessive overtime.
JSOnline.com 2010
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New Zealand is an example of a developed country with a universal, noncontributory pension system; a number of developing countries have introduced universal pensions, in part due to their lack of administrative complexity.
unknown title 2009
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He also received noncontributory life insurance and long-term disability benefits that were less than $10,000 and therefore were not listed as a separate item in the proxy.
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He also received noncontributory life insurance and long-term disability benefits that were less than $10,000 and therefore were not listed as a separate item in the proxy.
Market News 2009
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