Pension vs. Retirement

Pensionnoun

An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.

Pensionnoun

A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.

Pensionnoun

(obsolete) A wage or fee.

Pensionnoun

(obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.

Pensionnoun

A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.

Pensionnoun

A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.

Pensionnoun

(obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

Pensionverb

(transitive) To grant a pension to.

Pensionverb

(transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Pensionnoun

A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.

Pensionnoun

A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; also, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.

Pensionnoun

A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.

Pensionnoun

A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

Pensionverb

To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; - sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.

Pensionnoun

a regular payment to a person that iis intended to allow them to subsist without working

Pensionverb

grant a pension to

Pensionnoun

a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people

Pensionnoun

a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life

Pensionnoun

a regular payment made to a royal favourite or to an artist or scholar to enable them to carry on work of public interest or value.

Pensionnoun

a small hotel or boarding house in France and other European countries.

Pensionverb

dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension

Pensionverb

discard something because it is too old or no longer wanted

Pension

A pension (, from Latin pensiō, ) is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments. A pension may be a , where a fixed sum is paid regularly to a person, or a , under which a fixed sum is invested that then becomes available at retirement age.

Retirementnoun

An act of retiring; withdrawal.

Retirementnoun

(uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.

Retirementnoun

The portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.

Retirementnoun

(obsolete) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Retirementnoun

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

Retirementnoun

A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Retirementnoun

the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

Retirementnoun

withdrawal from your position or occupation

Retirementnoun

withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;

Retirement

Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.