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Word: Pension
Speech Type: Noun
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 century
ˈpɛnʃn
a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people
Short Definition:regular payment made by state
Examples:- men can draw a pension from the age of sixty-five
Word: Pension
Speech Type: Verb
ˈpɛnʃn
dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension
Short Definition:dismiss from employment and pay pension
Examples:- he was pensioned off from the army after the war
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