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pensions

  • plural
    of pension.
    pension
    noun
    a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc..
  • present tense form
    of pension (3rd person singular).
    pension
    noun
    a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc..

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She promised cost savings of 15-20 billion euros within pensions alone by correcting "inefficient and unfair" measures in the current system.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

His parents, both 80 and in excellent health, own their home outright and have about $600,000 in a brokerage account, in addition to pensions and Social Security.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

For parents who can afford it, the money can grow substantially before the child can access it, says Jemma Slingo, a pensions specialist at Fidelity.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Giant investors like pensions and endowments have stuffed themselves so full of private equity, venture capital and other nontraded “alternative” funds that many are suffering indigestion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Part of the Interior Department, the office handled the business of pensions paid to former government employees, including veterans.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis