retired worker

collocation in English

meaningsofretiredandworker

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retired
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtaɪəd/
us
/rɪˈtaɪrd/
If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/
us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofretiredandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, his father, now aretiredworker, has provided and furnished the house in which he lives at present.
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The employers bear all the investment risk, and 'longevity' risk - the risk that theretiredworkeror beneficiary outlives her or his projected life expectancy.
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Such conditions do not preclude aretiredworkerfrom remaining in a farm dwelling.
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Theretiredworkeris not in that position.
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Theretiredworkeris finished.
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It is quite evident that there is a need for housing for theretiredworker.
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Because of his life's savings, thisretiredworkeris placed just a little above the bare retirement pension.
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That is the question of theretiredworker.
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Instead, theretiredworkerwould have got out of it only that which he put into it.
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There would not, we believe, be a way of knowing when that property might be available for reletting to aretiredworkerif the present tenant did not buy it.
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The death of aretiredworkeraged 71 formerly employed on the process in this country is also being investigated.
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Leisure patterns among retired workers : spillover or compensatory trends?
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Most of the older people in this district were retired workers.
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In addition, aretiredworkerfrom a state enterprise will have a pension and often a relatively desirable apartment as well.
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In the majority of these studies the effect of health has not been singled out for study nor is it even clear that what is being studied is retired workers.
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The pension fund had liabilities exceeding assets by about $250 million and without relief would have been forced to cut benefits paid to retired workers.
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Some 20,000 retired workers or their widows are at present housed in farm cottages.
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