defined contribution pension plan

基本解释

They would also have hybrid plans, with part of the traditional defined-benefit pension replaced by a defined-contribution plan of the sort common in the private sector.
他们同时采取复合计划，即把部分传统的确定给付养老金形式替换为私营部门常见的养老金固定缴款计划。
Japan's "big bang", which included measures to liberalise trading commissions, encourage independent financial advisers and foster defined-contribution pension plans, happened only in 1998.
而日本的“大爆炸”是在1998年，其中包括放开交易佣金的管制，鼓励独立财务顾问及培养养老金固定缴款计划。
And then came the big shift: Large U. S. corporations moved from defined benefit, or pension, plans to defined contribution plans.
接下来发生了一个重大变化：大型美国公司将固定福利或养老金制度变成了养老金固定缴纳制度。

It seems clear, though, that Americans have won more responsibility for their retirement portfolios as firms switch from defined-benefit pension plans to defined-contribution plans.
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That number includes both defined benefit pension plans and contribution plans like 401(k)s.
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Companies have also, sensibly, been switching from defined-benefit schemes, under which the company bears the risk of maintaining pension payments, to defined-contribution plans, in which the risk lies with individual pensioners.
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