pensioned off
1Pensioned — Pension Pen sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. [1913… …
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 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… …
4pension 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, ↑ …
5pension 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 …
6pension 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… …
7pension 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 …
8pension off — Synonyms and related words: abdicate, aid, assist, be pensioned, be superannuated, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demit, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown,… …
9France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
10Nikita Khrushchev — Khrushchev redirects here. For other people with this surname, see Khrushchev (surname). Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв …
