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retire
verb (STOP WORKING) /rɪˈtaɪər/
/-ˈtaɪr/ Definition
B1 [I] to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health: Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity. He is due to retire as chief executive next year.Retiring and resigning from work › [I] to stop taking part in a race or competition because of illness or injury: She retired from the competition after pulling a leg muscle.Scoring, winning and losing in sportWinning and defeatingLosing and being defeated › [T often passive] If an employer retires an employee, they make that person leave their job, usually at a time when they are near to the age at which they would normally stop working, or because they are ill: Following the merger, he was retired with a generous pension.Firing staff and being fired
(Definition of retire verb (STOP WORKING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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