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IRA, Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos | [in terrorism] 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 | |
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individual retirement account, IRA | 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 | |
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wrath, anger, ire, ira, fury, rage | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) |