| 单词 | provident fund |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprovident fund provident fund n. (also with capital initials) Finance a fund into which money is deposited or invested to provide for future needs; esp. (now chiefly in South and South-East Asia and parts of Africa) a (statutory) investment fund contributed to by individuals, their employers, and (sometimes) the state, out of which a lump sum is provided to each person at retirement; the money so provided. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for other purposes alms purse1530 privy purse1565 sinking fund1717 stakea1744 pension fund1757 spare-chest1769 road fund1784 revolving fund1793 community chest1796 provident fund1817 sustentation fund1837 wages-fund1848 slush fund1874 treasury chest fund1877 fall money1883 jackpot1884 provision1895 war chest1901 juice1935 fighting fund1940 structural fund1967 appeal fund1976 1817 Times 21 Feb. 2/5 (signature of letter) A manager of a provident fund. 1870 J. C. Hotten Charles Dickens xviii. 62/2 The leading feature was the ‘Provident Fund’, to be composed of moneys deposited by the authors themselves, when they were in a position to be able to lay by something. 1938 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 46 196 Unit labor costs [in South African gold mining] have risen slightly as a result of increases in annual contributions to..the European Employees Provident Fund. 1997 A. Roy God of Small Things (1998) ii. 57 He commuted his pension and provident fund to buy a Bharat bottle-sealing machine. < as lemmas |
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