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Pension State ˈpenʃn Retirement Pension1 Noun Receive Party

Word3 pension1
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈpenʃn/ /ˈpenʃn/
Example
  • to receive a retirement pension
  • the party promised to increase the basic state pension by £15 a week.
  • a disability pension
  • to take out a pension
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pension1

(noun)/ˈpenʃn/ /ˈpenʃn/
  1. an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to somebody who has retired from work
    • SEE ALSO old-age pension
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/old-age-pension
    • to receive a retirement pension
    • The party promised to increase the basic state pension by £15 a week.
    • a disability pension
    • to take out a pension
    • a workplace/an occupational pension
    • She was struggling to live on a small pension.
    • I've been paying into a private pension for years.
    • a pension fund
    • a pension scheme/plan

    Extra Examples

    • Employees enjoy generous retirement pensions.
    • He draws his pension at the post office.
    • He is now retired and on a pension.
    • Only half of all women qualify for a full state pension.
    • She lives on her pension and her savings.
    • State pensions are funded by taxpayers.
    • The state pension age for men and women will be 65.
    • You will have to find out whether or not you qualify for a pension.
    • workers who have lost all their pensions as a result of company insolvencies
    • Employers like freelancers as they avoid the extra expense of pension contributions, sick pay and national insurance.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (in the sense ‘payment, tax, regular sum paid to retain allegiance’): from Old French, from Latin pensio(n-) ‘payment’, from pendere ‘to pay’. The current verb sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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