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old age pension

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noun

  1. a former name for the state retirement pension

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Similarly, Tony Coleman asked: "What happens to my old age pension if I am living in France?"

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2018

At issue are vast questions of what retirement is all about, what an old age pension is for, and how careers should be configured across an ever-lengthening life course.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2010

When Lloyd George's 1908 Pensions Act was introduced he was clear that the old age pension was to "lift the shadow of the workhouse from the homes of the poor".

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2010

Four years ago, when he applied for an old age pension, he achieved considerable local fame�the Census Bureau announced that he was the oldest resident of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Please do all you can to get de good President, de Governor, or somebody to hasten up my old age pension dat I'm praying for."

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

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