different between superannuation vs fund

English

Etymology

superannuate +? -ion, from superannuated

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?s(j)??p???ænj???æ??n?/

Noun

superannuation (usually uncountable, plural superannuations)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one?s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension.
   • 1823, Edmund Burke (editor), Annual Register: 1822, Volume 64, page 137,

     One of the principal objections to it was, that the period of service, after which superannuations were granted, was too limited, […] .

   • 1840, John Henry Barrow (editor), The Mirror of Parliament, Volume 4, page 2867,

     I think it would be harsh to deprive them of their superannuations without a knowledge of the circumstances under which they are proposed.

   • 1991, John Godwin, Michael Costa, Julie Hamblin, Mark Duffy, David Patterson, Australian HIV/AIDS Legal Guide, page 465,

     A person must not discriminate by failing to supply superannuation or insurance, or in the terms on which, or in the way in which superannuation or insurance is supplied.

   • 2010, Stephen J Marsden, Australian Master Bookkeepers Guide [2009/10], 3rd Edition, page 578,

     If an entity employs temporary residents who are eligible for the superannuation guarantee, then the entity is required to make superannuation contributions for them.

2. (uncountable) The condition or of being superannuated; old age or obsolescence.

Synonyms

• (retirement fund): pension, super (colloquial)
• (act of being superannuated): retirement

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

fund (plural funds)

1. A sum or source of money.

2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)

1. (transitive) To pay for.

2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
3. (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.

Translations

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fun, funn (Gheg) [f?n]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund m (indefinite plural funde, definite singular fundi, definite plural fundet)

1. end
2. bottom (lowest part)

Declension

Derived terms

• fundërri (Tosk)
• fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
• fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
• fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fundu, afundu

Noun

fund n

1. Alternative form of fundu

Danish

Etymology

Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n?]

Noun

fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)

1. find
2. bargain
3. discovery

Inflection

Icelandic

Noun

fund

1. indefinite accusative singular of fundur

Middle English

Noun

fund (plural fundes)

1. Alternative form of feend

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund n (plural funduri)

1. bottom
2. backside; buttocks

Declension

Derived terms

• funda?

Related terms

See also

• ?ezut
• popou
• buc?

References

• fund in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)