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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

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

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

By that time the Government expects every state in the Union to have caught up with the old age pension procession.

From Time Magazine Archive

The aged old couple are going to receive $8.00 apiece per month old age pension, and a check for $80.00 back pay.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

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