defined contribution plan
Definition
A company retirement plan, such as a 401(k) plan or 403(b) plan, in which the employee elects to defer some amount of his/her salary into the plan and bears the investment risk.
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Related terms:
defined benefit plan, automatic investment plan, money purchase pension plan, stock purchase plan, systematic investment plan, superannuation
'defined contribution plan' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com:
defined contribution pension plan, pension plan
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