Business Definition for: advance funding
advance funding
FUNDING payment of premiums before their due date. In pension plans, premium payments are allocated to the payment of future benefits prior to benefits becoming payable.
See also
advanced funded pension plan
Related Terms:
pension plan under which assets are set aside in amounts and at times approximately coincident with the accruing of benefit rights. In this way, funds are set aside in advance of the date of retirement.
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