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  • 31pension — 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… …

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  • 32pension someone off — dismiss someone from employment and pay them a pension. → pension …

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  • 33pension — pen•sion [[t]ˈpɛn ʃən[/t]] fr. [[t]pɑ̃ˈsyɔ̃[/t]] for 3 n. pl. sions [[t] ʃənz[/t]] fr. [[t] ˈsyɔ̃[/t]] for 3 v. 1) a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person s surviving dependents for past services,… …

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  • 34pension — / 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 …

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  • 35pension something off — discard something that is unwanted or outdated. → pension …

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  • 36pension — 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,… …

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  • 37lay off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abort, aestivate, belay, blueprint, boot, bounce, bound, break, breathe, bump, bust, call a strike, call it quits, can, cancel, cashier, cease, chart, circle in, circumscribe, close down, close shop, cut it… …

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  • 38turn off — Synonyms and related words: amplify, ax, blunt, boot, boot out, bounce, bow out, break, bump, bundle, bundle off, bust, can, cashier, charge, chill, close, cool, cut, damp, dampen, deflect, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive,… …

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  • 39badly off — ˌbadly ˈoff adjective not having enough money to live comfortably: • My wife and I are not badly off as we have the state pension and my police pension. opposite well off …

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  • 40Central States Pension Fund — Der Central States Pension Fund (CSPF) ist ein US amerikanischer firmenübergreifender Pensionsfonds, an dem auch die größte US Gewerkschaft International Brotherhood of Teamsters maßgeblich beteiligt ist. Das Anlagekapital des Fonds wird für das… …

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