Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of stretching out.
- noun The condition of being stretched out.
- noun An extension or prolongation, such as the time required for paying a debt.
- noun An increase in the work required of industrial workers without a commensurate pay increase.
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Examples
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The other thing that influences the value of a stretch-out for your family is your choice of beneficiary.
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Still, unless your spouse is much younger than you are, the potential stretch-out is shorter than if you named a child or grandchild as the designated beneficiary.
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Still, unless your spouse is much younger than you are, the potential stretch-out is shorter than if you named a child or grandchild as the designated beneficiary.
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In that case it would pass to the younger beneficiary you named, who can take a longer stretch-out.
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For better or worse, IRA owners can't control whether inheritors take maximum advantage of the stretch-out.
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In that case it would pass to the younger beneficiary you named, who can take a longer stretch-out.
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In financial lingo this is called "blowing the stretch-out."
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That avoids investment squabbles and allows a longer stretch-out for the younger heirs.
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For better or worse, IRA owners can't control whether inheritors take maximum advantage of the stretch-out.
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The other thing that influences the value of a stretch-out for your family is your choice of beneficiary.
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