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pension

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


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At age 65, I expect to receive a pension of about $5,000 a month, and I’d like to delay claiming Social Security until I turn 70.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

But you have a buffer: your expected inheritance and your $5,000-a-month pension starting at age 65, in addition to your Social Security starting at 70.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

An MoD spokesperson told the BBC that it recognises that errors to pension payments "may cause uncertainty", adding that it is contacting veterans and "providing support for anyone who requires it".

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

"She thinks they've been let down a bit and says she would be grateful if the pension was bigger than it is as that would make her living conditions and financial situation better," Pratikshya says.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Early one morning I went to apply for my pension.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Many Gurkhas disagree and want their pensions increased.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Our annual income comes from Social Security, RMDs and monthly pensions from previous employers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

That growth was likely influenced by sharp, inflation-linked increases in benefits, pensions and the minimum wage.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The deal, in which investors will earmark $2 billion, is the latest example where U.K. life insurers managing pensions are turned into a source of funding for private credit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

“They get holidays, don’t they? And — and sick leave, and pensions, and everything?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

This is why James Anderson was pensioned off, why performances in domestic cricket were largely ignored and why parts of the County Championship were turned into an experiment with the Kookaburra ball.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2025

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

If that meant that the company was pensioning him off, Mr. Pratt must have had his tongue in his cheek.

From Time Magazine Archive

In general, pensioning ministers has special actuarial aspects.

From Time Magazine Archive

To become eligible for pensioning, an Episcopal minister must be 68, retired or disabled.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the latter year Dom Pedro suppressed monkeries and nunneries by disallowing masses, and by pensioning the holy tenantry with 9 dols. per mensem, afterwards, reduced to 5 dols.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton




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