Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WITHDRAWAL
  
  A withdrawal is money you take out of your banking, brokerage, or other accounts. If you withdraw from tax-deferred retirement accounts before you turn 59 1/2, you may owe a 10% early withdrawal penalty plus any income tax that's due on the amount. In everyday usage, the term withdrawal is used interchangeably with distribution to describe money you take from your tax-deferred accounts, though distribution is actually the correct term.
  
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