retire on a pension
31retire — verb 1 FROM WORK a) (I) to stop work at the end of your working life: He retired when he was 65. (+ from): After retiring from the army it took William a long time to adjust to civilian life. | retire early (=retire before the usual age) b)… …
32pension — / penʃən/ noun money paid regularly to someone who no longer works ■ verb ♦ to pension someone off to ask someone to retire and take a pension …
33pension 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… …
34retire on pension — leave a place of employment and receive a pension …
35pension plan — / penʃən plæn/, pension scheme / penʃən ski:m/ noun a plan worked out by an insurance company which arranges for employees to pay part of their salary over many years and receive a regular payment when they retire …
36retire — verb 1) he has retired Syn: give up work, stop working, stop work; pack it in, call it quits 2) we ve retired him on full pension Syn: force to retire, give someone the golden handshake/parachute 3) Gillian retired to her office …
37pension — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. allowance, annuity, allotment, settlement; boarding house. See giving, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. annuity, premium, payment, grant, social security, gift, reward, subvention, old age benefits,… …
38retire — 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.… …
39retire — v 1. withdraw, go apart, isolate oneself, secede, separate oneself; rusticate, hibernate, estivate; leave, depart, decamp, take off, go off, go away, abscond; exit, take one s leave; retreat, fall or draw back, give way, lose ground, take flight …
40pension fund — noun 1. a fund reserved to pay workers pensions when they retire from service • Syn: ↑superannuation fund • Hypernyms: ↑fund, ↑monetary fund 2. a financial institution that collects regular contributions from employers to provide retirement… …
