retirement pension

British

noun

a pension given to a person who has retired from regular employment, whether paid by the state, arising from the person's former employment, or the product of investment in a personal or stakeholder pension scheme

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retirement pension

When you retire, your hazard pay doesn’t count for your retirement pension.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024

"You can't be in full-time education, you can only earn up to about £130 a week after deductions, and if you have any overlapping benefit like a retirement pension then you're not eligible at all."

From BBC ● May 22, 2023

That argument resonates with employee German, 49, who wants his retirement pension a decade from now to reflect what will amount to 36 years of service at GM.

From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2022

He already had a retirement pension from his two decades with HPD, so he figured he could afford to take a lower-paying job at another department.

From Washington Times ● May 15, 2019

But we have never been able to get any retirement pension.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration

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