This document discusses retirement of partners from a partnership firm. It defines partnership as a mutual agreement between two or more people to carry out a legal business. It identifies different types of partners like active, sleeping, senior and junior partners. It states that when one or more partners leaves the firm but the remaining partners continue the business, it is known as retirement of a partner. It provides examples of how the retiring partner's share can be distributed among the existing partners in different ratios or proportions or taken by one partner. It also lists some disadvantages of early retirement like potential negative health impacts, needing to find own health insurance, retirement savings having to last longer, and reduced social security benefits.