| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Fierce.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb fersly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (fersly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective fers.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"FERS" is a common misspelling or typo for: fees, fears, Fires, Fares, Fours, FRS, ferns, Furs, Frees, Firs, feds, feers, feres, foers. |
Date "FERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references) |
| Note: Fers \Fers\, adjective. Fierce. [Obsolete]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FERS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Administration | Federal Employee Retirement System. (references) | ||
| Census | (Federal Employees Retirement System) Retirement system for all Federal employees first entering government service after 1983. (references) | ||
| Military | Federal Employees Retirement System: One of the two retirement systems utilized by the Federal Government. The other is CSRS Civil Service Retirement System. (references) | ||
| Occupations | The Federal Employees Retirement System. (references) | ||
| Technology | Field Error Reporting System. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Specialty Expressions: FERS
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Deposit for service ending after January 1, 1989 and covered by FERS | Occupations | With certain minor exceptions, a Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) employee cannot make a deposit for non-contributory service performed after January 1, 1989. (references) | |
| Deposit for service ending before January 1, 1989 and covered by FERS | Occupations | You can make a deposit for creditable Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) service you performed before 1989 during which retirement deductions were not withheld from your pay. Interest is charged from the midpoint of periods of service and is compounded annually. Interest is charged to the date the deposit is paid in full or annuity begins, whichever is earlier. If you do not pay for a period of this type of service, you will not receive credit in determining your eligibility to retire or in computing your retirement benefit. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Abbreviations & Acronyms: FERS
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| FERS | English | Federal Employees Retirement System | N/A | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
