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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
IRA \IRA\ n. (Finance)
individual retirement account; -- a special type of savings
account allowed by law to provide deferred taxation of the
interest paid. [U.S., acronym]
Syn: individual retirement account.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
IRA \IRA\ n.
The Irish Republican Army, a group in Ireland with the
primary goal of promoting the unification of Ireland and the
severing of the political bond of Northern Ireland with Great
Britain, of mostly secret membership, with a militant wing
sponsoring terrorist activities such as bombings and the
killings of police, British soldiers, and Unionist
sympathizers in Northern Ireland. [Acronym]
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
IRA
n 1: a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used
terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive
British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united
independent Ireland [syn: {Irish Republican Army}, {IRA},
{Provisional Irish Republican Army}, {Provisional IRA},
{Provos}]
2: a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited
yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest
earned in the account are deferred [syn: {individual
retirement account}, {IRA}]
3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified
as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {wrath}, {anger}, {ire},
{ira}]
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Similar ENGLISH words suggested by aspell: IRA, Ira, Ora, IRAs, Iran, Iraq, IRS, Irma, IA, Ia, Ir, Ra, Ara, ERA, era, ire, Kira, Lira, Mira, lira, IPA, Ida, Ila, Ina, Irv, Isa, Iva, NRA, bra, irk, Ir's, Ira's
Similar GERMAN words suggested by aspell: IRA, Irak, Iran, Lira, IRC, IRQ, Ire, irr, Ära, Rast, Irren, irren, irden
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