pensioned (verb)
1pension off — verb 1. let go from employment with an attractive pension The director was pensioned off when he got senile • Hypernyms: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑give the axe, ↑send away, ↑ …
2pension off — PHRASAL VERB If someone is pensioned off, they are made to retire from work and are given a pension. [be V ed P] Many successful women do not want to be pensioned off at 60... [V n P] When his employees were no longer of use to him, he pensioned… …
3pension — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin pension , pensio, from pendere to pay more at pendant Date: 14th century 1. a fixed sum paid regularly to a person: a. archaic wage b. a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a… …
4pension — I UK [ˈpenʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms pension : singular pension plural pensions *** a) money that someone regularly receives after they have stopped working because of their age, paid either by their company or by the government an… …
5pension off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pension off : present tense I/you/we/they pension off he/she/it pensions off present participle pensioning off past tense pensioned off past participle pensioned off 1) to force someone to stop working and… …
6pension — ▪ I. pension pen‧sion 1 [ˈpenʆn] noun [countable] FINANCE an amount of money paid regularly by a government, company, or financial institution to someone who is officially considered to be too old or too ill to earn money by working; =… …
7pension sb off — UK US pension sb off Phrasal Verb with pension({{}}/ˈpenʃən/ verb UK INFORMAL ► to make someone leave their job, usually because of their age or health, and pay them a pension: »Despite almost bankrupting the business, the Chairman has been… …
8pension sth off — UK US pension sth off Phrasal Verb with pension({{}}/ˈpenʃən/ verb INFORMAL ► to stop using something either because it is too old or not practical: »Increasing demand for cleaner energies mean many old power stations are being pensioned off …
9Camille Desmoulins — Desmoulins redirects here. For the naturalist, see Charles des Moulins. Portrait of Camille Desmoulins Lucie Simplice Camille Benoît Desmoulins ( …
10retire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. withdraw, retreat, leave, resign, rusticate, lie low, keep aloof; put out [to pasture]; go to bed. See seclusion, departure, recession, resignation, repose. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To draw away] Syn.… …
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