pension payment

  • 1pension — mid 14c., payment for services, especially reward, payment out of a benefice (early 14c., in Anglo L.), from O.Fr. pension payment, rent, from L. pensionem (nom. pensio) payment, rent, from pensus, pp. of pendere pay, weigh (see PENDANT (Cf.… …

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  • 2pension — I. /ˈpɛnʃən / (say penshuhn) noun 1. a fixed periodical payment made in consideration of past services, injury or loss sustained, merit, poverty, etc. 2. an allowance or annuity. –verb (t) 3. to grant a pension to. –phrase 4. pension off, to… …

  • 3Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — (United States) Agency overview Formed September 2, 1974 …

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  • 4pension — pen·sion n: money paid under given conditions to a person following retirement or to surviving dependents see also defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 5pension — Ⅰ. pension [1] ► NOUN 1) a regular payment made to retired people and to some widows and disabled people, either by the state or from an investment fund. 2) chiefly historical a regular payment made to a royal favourite or to an artist or scholar …

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  • 6pension — [pen′shən; ] for n [.] 3 [, ] Fr [ pän syōn′] n. [ME pensioun < MFr < L pensio, a paying < pp. of pendere, to weigh, pay, hang: see PENDANT] 1. a payment, not wages, made regularly to a person (or to his family) who has fulfilled certain …

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  • 7Pension — Pen sion, n. [F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend?re to hang. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Spend}.] 1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The stomach s pension,… …

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  • 8pension credit — Introduced by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, a pension credit is the amount used for the benefit of the ex spouse of a member of an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme under a pension sharing order. The scheme may… …

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  • 9payment — I (act of paying) noun acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, clearance, compensation, defrayal, defrayment, disbursement, discharge of a debt, expenditure, liquidation, outlay, quittance, receipt in full, reckoning, recompense,… …

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  • 10payment — [n] fee; installment of fee acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amortization, amount, annuity, award, bounty, cash, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, indemnification, outlay, part, paying, pay off, pension …

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