Or perhaps you've been offered an early-retirement package.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Ideas for Financing a New Business] Reference

First there's the early-retirement whammy, mentioned already.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Misses The Point] Reference

Mr. Walsh agreed to relinquish the early-retirement sweetener.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boards Flex Their Pay Muscles] Reference

•Claiming early-retirement benefits could put your spouse at risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turning 62: Have your retirement cake and eat it, too] Reference

Some are collecting disability benefits or an early-retirement pension.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet the Unemployable Man] Reference

A surprising early-retirement bulge after Desert Storm also hurt numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Full Metal Joystick] Reference

Management has already tried an early-retirement buyout and a hiring freeze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young, Gifted And Jobless] Reference

Many employees have been reluctant to accept buyouts and early-retirement packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [UAW Strikes GM Lansing Plant] Reference

GM hopes the early-retirement incentives will persuade workers to leave voluntarily.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM to Cut 5,000 White-Collar Jobs by Nov. 1] Reference

One drawback to this strategy: You could owe taxes on your early-retirement benefits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turning 62: Have your retirement cake and eat it, too] Reference

Unions have been lobbying to keep jobs and create attractive early-retirement packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merger Delays for Spain] Reference

Buyouts of graying colleagues and early-retirement parties are common in many workplaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Older Staffers Get Uneasy Embrace] Reference

There is a new early-retirement program, and their will be a program of voluntary severance.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2001] Reference

What's more, early-retirement schemes entice older workers to get out of the labor force early.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Misses The Point] Reference

An unspecified number of the 5,000 workers will be offered early-retirement or buyout packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chrysler Slashing Managers Amid GM Talks] Reference

There's a great calculator at early-retirement. org/fire that will help put a number on your dream.    From Wordnik.com.  [RETIRING EARLY: QUIT WITH TIME ON YOUR SIDE] Reference

Now he’s gone into early-retirement leaving room for the next public relations gambit; civil war. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zarqawi and the Pentagon��s ongoing War of Deception] Reference

U.S. auto makers are trying to encourage their UAW workers to take early-retirement and buyout offers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strike Idles American Axle Factories] Reference

Does the answer change depending on whether she takes her early-retirement benefit on my record or hers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long and Short of Collecting Survivor Benefit] Reference

Andersen Corp. has offered voluntary early-retirement programs, temporary layoffs and shortened workweeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Layoffs Continue in New Year] Reference

A year ago, Nissan eliminated about 300 factory jobs in the U.S. through early-retirement and buyout offers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ford Taps European Style] Reference

They lose early-retirement options plus the higher benefits formerly promised for their last few years of work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh, No--More Pension Blues] Reference

Q: When I took an early-retirement offer from Allstate, I signed an agreement not to sue for age discrimination.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debts From Your 'Ex'] Reference

He said the union would fight for what it considers fair buyout and early-retirement packages for affected workers.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM Plans to Close a Plant,] Reference

The latest results included 60 cents a share in charges related to its early-retirement program and about 900 job cuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tiffany's net plummets 76% in weak market] Reference

Iowa State, facing a 9% reduction in state appropriations, just received approval to begin an early-retirement program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why College Towns Are Looking Smart] Reference

The many changes at The Post in 2009 included further staff reductions through a fourth round of early-retirement buyouts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can The Post avoid further staff cuts?] Reference

Continental Airlines begins making early-retirement offers to workers as part of a 3,000-job reduction announced last week.    From Wordnik.com.  [New iPhone Is Set to Debut] Reference

In contrast, GM and Ford Motor Co. have early-retirement programs this year that use pension money instead of wages, he adds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Severance Package Can Cut Social Security Payout] Reference

Mr. Dauch said he expects to reduce the hourly work force by 2,000 from buyouts, early-retirement incentives and plant closings.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Axle Sees Cost Reduction] Reference

Newspaper-segment earnings plunged 92%, while the magazine division posted a sharply wider loss on the early-retirement program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charges Weigh On] Reference

Potential targets in early-retirement pitches aren't just older employees: Even younger workers accept early-retirement packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Be Skeptical of the Hard Sell,] Reference

Between 2,400 and 2,500 of 12,000 eligible employees have taken early-retirement offers made by the company, said Ronald Rittenmeyer.    From Wordnik.com.  [EDS Profit Jumps, but Bookings] Reference