ira Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Irish Republican Army; Provos; Provisional IRA; Provisional Irish Republican Army.
  2. noun a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred
    individual retirement account.
  3. noun belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    anger; wrath; ire.

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