employer matching contribution

employer matching contribution definition - finance
The amount of money that an employer matches to the amount that employees pay. Matching contributions may occur for 401(k) plans, for charitable contributions, or for other benefits or payments.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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