Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DEFERRED COMPENSATION
  
  The amount your employer deducts from your pay and puts into a qualified retirement plan, for you to collect at a later date, usually when you retire. You do not pay tax on qualified deferred compensation until you receive the payout.
  
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