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TIAA Terminology Crosswalk
A source-dated table that keeps organization, brand, historical, product, structural and contract-label terms in separate columns.
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Crosswalk Columns
Every row contains five fields: term, category, full name, plain-language meaning and source review date. The category column is the most important safeguard against treating similar names as interchangeable.
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Core Rows
14 entries
| Term | Category | Plain-language meaning | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIAA | Organization / brand context | Current brand and corporate-family wording; may identify the issuer in a specific source. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| TIAA-CREF | Historical brand / legal wording | Public-facing brand until 2016; remains inside some current legal names. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| CREF | Companion organization | College Retirement Equities Fund. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| Nuveen | Company / brand | Asset-management company and brand whose parent company is TIAA. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| TIAA Traditional | Product name | A fixed-annuity product name; not a separate company. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| Plan | Plan-level term | The broader retirement arrangement described by governing documents. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| Account | Context-dependent term | A record, view, balance, or named investment account depending on context. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| Contract | Contract-level term | A legal product form or agreement in the relevant materials. | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| RA | Contract label | Retirement Annuity | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| GRA | Contract label | Group Retirement Annuity | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| SRA | Contract label | Supplemental Retirement Annuity | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| GSRA | Contract label | Group Supplemental Retirement Annuity | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| RC | Contract label | Retirement Choice | Nov. 4, 2026 |
| RCP | Contract label | Retirement Choice Plus | Nov. 4, 2026 |
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Filter Without Personal Data
The local filter searches only the published rows. It does not accept documents, account identifiers or free-form financial information, and it does not store a visitor’s selection.
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Source-Date Discipline
A review date shows when the editorial team checked the public source, not when a term was created. If the source changes, the row and correction record should be updated together.