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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