retiral

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See also: retirál

English

Etymology

From retire +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Noun

retiral (countable and uncountable, plural retirals)

  1. (now chiefly Scotland) Withdrawal, retreat. [from 17th c.]
  2. (now chiefly Scotland) Retirement from employment. [from 19th c.]
    • 2003, Alasdair Gray, ‘Job's Skin Game’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story), p. 731:
      By that time I had sold the main business, being past retiral age.
  3. (finance) The act of taking up a bill when due.

Anagrams

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