retire on a pension

  • 11pension somebody off — ˌpension sb ˈoff derived (especially BrE) usually passive to allow or force sb to retire and to pay them a pension • He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man. • (informal …

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  • 12retire - retiring — ◊ retire When someone retires, they leave their job and stop working, usually because they have reached the age when they can get a pension. Gladys retired at the age of sixty eight. They had decided to retire from farming. ◊ retiring The… …

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  • 13pension — 01. His [pension] when he retires will be approximately $800 a month. 02. The old man had to find a part time job because his [pension] was not enough for him to live on. 03. Each month my employer matches my contribution to my [pension] plan, so …

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  • 14Pension — This article is about the retirement income arrangement. For the type of lodging, see Pension (lodging). For the mortgage repayment scheme, see Mortgage loan. Financial market participants …

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  • 15pension — ▪ I. pension pen‧sion 1 [ˈpenʆn] 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; =… …

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  • 16pension 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, ↑ …

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  • 17Pension provision in the United Kingdom — UK Pension Provision falls into seven major divisions; Basic State Pension, State Second Pension (S2P), Occupational Pensions, Stakeholder Pensions, Group Personal Pensions and Personal or Individual Pensions. Personal Accounts automatic… …

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  • 18PENSION — s. f. Somme d argent que l on donne pour être logé, nourri. Bonne, forte, médiocre pension. Payer pension. Il a payé les deux premiers quartiers de sa pension. Voilà un quartier de votre pension échu.   Il se dit aussi Du lieu où l on est nourri… …

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  • 19Retire — To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * retire re‧tire [rɪˈtaɪə ǁ ˈtaɪr] verb 1. [intransitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop work at the end of your working life: • He wanted to retire at 50. •… …

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  • 20retire — To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * retire re‧tire [rɪˈtaɪə ǁ ˈtaɪr] verb 1. [intransitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop work at the end of your working life: • He wanted to retire at 50 …

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