Defined Contribution Plan Financial Glossary

What is it? A pension or other employee benefit plan that provides a specified contribution amount for the benefit of eligible employees. The participants ultimately receive amounts that depend on both the accumulated contributions and the investment returns realized from investment of the accumulated contributions.

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