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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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Jersey pensioners are to receive an increase of £734 a year to their old age pension as a top-up comes into effect.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

He lives at 3520 Columbus Ave., Fort Worth, and is supported by an $11.00 per month old age pension, supplemented by what Sam raises in his garden and makes out of a few hogs.

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

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