Partial termination. A plan can suffer a partial termination if an employer closes a particular plant or division that results in the termination of employment of a substantial portion (usually 20% or more) of plan participants, or if a defined benefit plan stops or reduces future benefit accruals.
Metaphors and Analogies Metaphors and analogies are comparisons between unlike things that have some particular things in common. You can use metaphors and analogies to make new and unfamiliar concepts more meaningful to students by connecting what they already know to what they are learning.
analogue. 1. a part or organ having the same function as another, but of different evolutionary origin. 2. a chemical compound having a structure similar to that of another but differing from it in respect to a certain component; it may have similar or opposite action metabolically. Also spelled analog.