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IRA

UK/ˈirə/ US/ˈaɪɹə/ fairly common uk us

noun

2.

a self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred

3.

belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Origin

From the Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Czech diminutive of the cognates of Irene.

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