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pension
  1. An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]
  2. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
  5. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
  6. (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. annuity, superannuation, IRA, super, retirement account, retirement fund, retirement income, retirement pension, welfare, benefit, grant, allowance, support, subsidy, assistance, gift, reward, subvention, social security, welfare payment, fixed income, payment, stipend, allotment, handout, allocation, contribution, endowment, appropriation, aid, charity, dole, entitlement, state benefit, sick pay, unemployment benefit, income, remittance, consideration, subsistence, maintenance, upkeep, keep, expenses, pocket money, buroo, broo, gifts, financial assistance … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “His parents, living off a retirement pension, needed him. The pull of family can be intense.”
      “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?”
      “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.”
pensioner
  1. Someone who lives on a pension.
  2. Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
  3. (obsolete, Britain, Cambridge University slang) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. pensionary, superannuitant, beneficiary, grantee, dependent, senior, retiree, retirer, senior citizen, retired person, old-age pensioner, OAP, geriatric, ancient, oldster, elder, old-timer, golden ager, dotard, golden-ager, wrinkly, patriarch, oldie, elderly person, crock, grandfather, grandmother, old person, old fogey, old stager, old folk, Methuselah, crumbly, matriarch, woopie, doyen, head, doyenne, first-born, fogey, old timer, buffer, josser, senex, older adult, veteran, older person, elder statesman … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Being worth a million dollars, he obviously does not need this money as a pensioner.”
      “The sight-impaired pensioner has busy needles knitting hats and scarves to send to the country's needy children.”
      “I'm a pensioner for goodness sake, I'm hardly likely to go round walloping people.”
pensioners
  1. plural of pensioner
  2. Synonyms:
      3. elderly, geriatrics, elders, OAPs, oldies, retirees, seniors, wrinklies, elderly people, older people, old people, oldsters, woopies, golden agers, old-age pensioners, senior citizens, golden oldies, retired people, old age pensioners, ancients, old-timers, grandfathers, patriarchs, retirers, pensionaries, crocks, grandmothers, dotards, buffers, jossers, old stagers, old fogies, doyennes, greybeards, grandsires, head, old boys, matriarchs, doyens, crumblies, old men, old codgers, gaffers, old chaps, fogies, retired, older adults, grandads, granddads, veterans … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Chancellor has said he will abolish hospital accommodation charges for pensioners.”
      “William Dougan, one of the pensioners targeted, vowed not to be driven from the area.”
      “This promises all pensioners a basic weekly income above the state pension.”
pensions
  1. plural of pension
  2. Synonyms:
      3. welfare, benefit, support, allowance, dole, benefits, assistance, credit, pension, JSA, pogey, aid, social security, public assistance, income support, state benefit, benefit payment, Jobseeker's Allowance, sickness benefit, sick pay, state benefits, unemployment benefit, unemployment pay, allowances, grants, subsidies, payment, charity, subventions, gifts, fixed income, rewards, sickness benefits, unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance, social safety nets, safety nets, donations, modica, shares, dispensations, gratuities, relief, almsgiving, portions, allotments, koha, pittances, handouts, alms … more
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