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pension

[pen-shuhn, pahn-syawn] / ˈpɛn ʃən, pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃ /


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Developing countries like Thailand are aging rapidly before they grow rich, lacking the pension systems and savings found in wealthier nations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Garcia disclosed only a pension, worth $100,001 to $250,000, while Padilla Stout only listed a bank account, a mutual fund and her spouse’s retirement plans.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

It is "good news" for approximately 820,000 retirees, the paper says, as triple lock increases mean the state pension will be taxed from next year for the first time.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

"They don't have any job security. They don't have benefits like pension because they are not permanent employees."

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Sixteen years of age an’ talking about the pension.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

As well as mental health support, guest speakers focus on issues such as military pensions and the impact of the menopause.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Both automakers transitioned away from offering pensions to new hires about two decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

She may need to adjust withholding from retirement distributions, pensions, or even Social Security benefits to avoid an unexpected tax bill.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Shift pensions from defined-benefit to defined-contribution models, and move risk off government balance sheets, as Australia did in the 1980s and 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Like Hernan Cortes, who conquered Mexico, Pizarro was born into the lower fringes of the nobility and hoped by his exploits to earn titles, offices, and pensions from the Spanish crown.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

By then she had already been medically pensioned out of West Yorkshire Police.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2023

The airline struggled with a 51-day pilots' strike between September and November 2017, grounding half its fleet and resulting in dozens of pilots being fired, while others resigned or were pensioned off.

From Reuters Nov. 25, 2021

It’s also an issue in the United States, although a lot of independent groups and regulators put forth measures to find homes for retired and pensioned horses.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2020

“Maybe it’s time for the whole thing to be pensioned off and rethought.”

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2017

“Not that it need come to that,” Mr. Owen blurted, meaning Tansy might marry and be saved before she was pensioned off.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Downpour and Inferno are states that people drive between pensioning their senators and whitegoods.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2022

When Iowa sent a pension to Joseph Newt Finney, she joined no less than 26 other States, Alaska and Hawaii, in pensioning her aged.*

From Time Magazine Archive

No European nation thinks of pensioning an ex-soldier simply because he was drafted to fight for his country.

From Time Magazine Archive

The period-of-presumption idea was done away with entirely, the Government pensioning War veterans frankly on their civil disability.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fifteen million dollars which Mr. Carnegie has given for a pension-fund for superannuated college professors is quite another thing from pensioning a man so he will be free to work out his ideal.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert




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