pension
US: /ˈpɛnʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pension /'penʃn/
- danh từ
- lương hưu
- to retire on a pension: về hưu
- tiền trợ cấp
- old-age pension: tiền trợ cấp dưỡng lão
- nhà trọ cơm tháng
- to live en pension at: ăn ở trọ tại
- lương hưu
- ngoại động từ
- trả lương hưu
- trợ cấp cho
- to pension someone off: sa thải ai có phát tiền trợ cấp; cho ai về hưu, cho ai về vườn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb-see also PENSION
+ noun
an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to sb who is considered to be too old or too ill to work: to receive an old-age / a retirement pension + a disability / widow's pension + a state pension + to live on a pension + to take out a personal / private pension + a pension fund
verb
Phrasal Verbs: pension sb off (especially BrE) [usually passive] to allow or force sb to RETIRE (= leave their job and stop regular work) and to pay them a pension: He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man. + (informal, figurative) That car of yours should have been pensioned off years ago.
+ noun
(from French) a small, usually cheap, hotel in some European countries, especially France
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 benefit, allowance, annuity, subsistence, superannuation, allotment, old-age pension, US social security, Colloq golden handshake:
She finds that her pension is not enough to live on.
v.
2 Usually, pension off. (cause to) retire, superannuate; dismiss; Colloq shelve, put out to pasture:
The company cut back on staff by pensioning off everyone over 60.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
big, comfortable, generous, good | small | basic | state | company, occupational | personal, private | old age, retirement
VERB + PENSION
draw, get, receive
He draws his pension at the post office.
| give sb, provide (sb with) | claim, qualify for
You will have to find out whether or not you qualify for a pension.
| live on
She lives on her pension and her savings.
PENSION + NOUN
contributions, fund
the company pension fund
| plan, scheme
PREP.
on a ~
He is now retired and on a pension.
Concise English dictionary
pensions|pensioned|pensioning'penʃən
noun
+a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
verb
+grant a pension to
