Retirement (disambiguation)
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Retirement
is the end of a person's career, usually due to age. Related articles include:
Retirement may also refer to:
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...
is the end of a person's career, usually due to age. Related articles include:
- Mandatory retirement
- Retirement annuity
- Retirement plan
Retirement may also refer to:
Sports
- Retirement (uniform number), a sports team discontinuing the use of a uniform number in honor of an outstanding member who held the number
- In baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, the process of putting out a member of the batting team - In motorsportMotorsportMotorsport or motorsports is the group of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition...
, the term given to a competitor failing to complete a race, for example through accident, mechanical failure or the withdrawal of the competitor after the race has started.
Other
- Retirement (Beanie Baby)Retirement (Beanie Baby)The retirement of a Beanie Baby or a product from any line of Ty Inc., the manufacturer of Beanie Babies and other lines of collectibles, is its withdrawal from production. This has occurred in varying amounts of time following its introduction, depending on Ty's goals for that particular item....
, the end of production of a Ty Beanie Baby - Retirement Living TVRetirement Living TVRetirement Living TV is an American cable television network targeted at a demographic aged 50 years and older. Its topics and programs include health care, finance, travel, lifestyle, comedy, and drama....
- MilitaryMilitaryA military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
euphemism for withdrawalWithdrawal (military)A withdrawal is a type of military operation, generally meaning retreating forces back while maintaining contact with the enemy. A withdrawal may be undertaken as part of a general retreat, to consolidate forces, to occupy ground that is more easily defended, or to lead the enemy into an ambush...