pension
/ˈpɛnʃən/ verb C2- To grant a pension to.
- To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
He/she/it pensions · Past pensioned · Past participle pensioned · -ing form pensioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- pension
- He/she/it
- pensions
- Past
- pensioned
- Past participle
- pensioned
- -ing form
- pensioning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
His pension was due.
But so aloof is he from general suspicion, so immune from criticism, so admirable in his management and self-effacement, that for those very words that you have uttered he could hale you to a court and emerge with your year’s pension as a solatium for his wounded character.
“How long must you have served to claim the pension?”
“And how much is the pension?”
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