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A regular payment made by the state or a fund to retired individuals
“His parents, living off a retirement pension, needed him. The pull of family can be intense.”
A regular payment made by the state to certain (typically widowed or disabled) people
“The other spouse is not disabled and therefore has the ability to earn a full income. Would the disabled person still have to split his or her disabled pension?”
An allowance, payment or income in the form of a pension
“Salaried employees receive a monthly pension equal to 70% of the base salary, plus 2% of the salary for every year of contributions beyond 20 years.”
A boarding house or small hotel
“A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel. It was always smaller, and never elegant. It sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not.”
A very small or inadequate amount of money
To retire on a pension, or to cause someone to retire on a pension
“Let us by all means pension the old warriors of industry as we do the heroes of the battlefields.”
To remove from employment or office
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