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Pension
ˈpɛnʃn
Pension definitions
noun
pension
pensions
- a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people
"men can draw a pension from the age of sixty-five"
- a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life
"the company pension scheme"
- a regular payment made to a royal favourite or to an artist or scholar to enable them to carry on work of public interest or value
verb
pension
pensioned
pensioning
pensions
- dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension
"he was pensioned off from the army after the war"
- discard something because it is too old or no longer wanted
"garden sheds were raided to bring out machines long since pensioned off"