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<p>A <b>cash balance plan</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=Defined_benefit_pension_plan">defined benefit retirement plan</a> that maintains <a href="page.php?w=hypothetical">hypothetical</a> individual employee accounts like a <a href="page.php?w=defined_contribution_plan">defined contribution plan</a>.  The hypothetical nature of the individual accounts was crucial in the early adoption of such plans because it enabled conversion of traditional plans without declaring a <a href="page.php?w=plan_termination">plan termination</a>.</p>

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