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SUPERANNUATION (formed on the basis of " annual," " annuity," from the Late Lat. superannatus, one that has lived beyond the year, super, above, and annus, year, Fr. suranner, to grow very old)

SUPERANNUATION (formed on the basis of "
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ANNUAL
annual," "
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ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)
annuity," from the
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LATE
Late
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LAT
Lat. superannatus, one that has lived beyond the
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YEAR
year, super, above, and annus, year, Fr. suranner, to grow very old) , properly a disqualification or

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RELIEF

relief from

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OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office or service on

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account of old

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AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, infirmity, or of passing the limit of age fixed for service, hence the

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PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension or

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ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance granted in respect of service at the expiry of the

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TERM

term or the retirement (see PENSION) . Educationally the term is specifically used of the removal of a backward

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PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil, who would otherwise remain in a class or

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form below that which his age demands .

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