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pension

Definition

  • noun: an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works
  • noun: a fixed sum paid regularly to a person
  • verb: to grant or pay a pension to
  • synonyms: aid, alimony, allotment

Examples

  • She was 'pensioned off' after 35 years with the company. [=she was forced to retire after 35 years with the company]

  • a job with 'pension benefits' [=a job that pays a pension after a number of years of employment]

  • a 'pension fund' [=money that a company invests in order to earn money to pay pensions]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Can't beIieve it. Hardened cops dancing in the street... and broadcast on the o'cIock news. - The SWAT team was offered Vegas. - I'm history. The Captain'II have my badge for breakfast with a pension on top. It's not aII your fauIt. Something wiII turn up. Sure, Ipkiss wiII faII right into my Iap. (..)
    1994 The Mask