pension
pension1
/ˈpenʃn/
1 an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to somebody who has retired from work
to receive a retirement pension
The party promised to increase the basic state pension by £15 a week.
a disability pension
to take out a pension
a workplace/an occupational pension
on a pension She was struggling to live on a small pension.
I've been paying into a private pension for years.
a pension fund
a pension scheme/plan
Employees enjoy generous retirement pensions.
He draws his pension at the post office.
He is now retired and on a pension.
Only half of all women qualify for a full state pension.
She lives on her pension and her savings.
State pensions are funded by taxpayers.
The state pension age for men and women will be 65.
You will have to find out whether or not you qualify for a pension.
workers who have lost all their pensions as a result of company insolvencies
Employers like freelancers as they avoid the extra expense of pension contributions, sick pay and national insurance.
Collocations
adjective
verb + pension
pension + noun
preposition
on a pension
pension2
/ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/
(from French)
a small, usually cheap, hotel in some European countries, especially France
Collocations
adjective
verb + pension
pension + noun
preposition
on a pension
pension1
/ˈpenʃn/
Phrasal Verbs
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘payment, tax, regular sum paid to retain allegiance’): from Old French, from Latin pensio(n-) ‘payment’, from pendere ‘to pay’. The current verb sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
e.g.
If I hadn't killed an officer who pissed me off... they would've given me the order of the golden kite, and I'd be living comfortably off my pension. 気に入らない上官を半殺しにしなきゃ 金鵄勲章もらって今頃はぬくぬく年金暮らしだ (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』1話)