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pension off

pension off verb: to end a contract and give a pension to.

Verb

pension off (third-person singular simple present pensions off, present participle pensioning off, simple past and past participle pensioned off)

  1. (transitive) To end a contract and give a pension to.
    • to pension off a worker for political reasons
    • "How did you get in?"
      "Dear old Conrad here." Tommy smiled deprecatingly at him. "I hesitate to suggest pensioning off a faithful servant, but you really ought to have a better watchdog."1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary

Forms of pension off

third-person singular presentpensions off
present participlepensioning off
past participlepensioned off
pastpensioned off

Questions about pension off

What does pension off mean?
Pension off means to end a contract and give a pension to.
What part of speech is pension off?
Pension off is a verb.
What is the past tense of pension off?
The past tense of pension off is pensioned off.

Words near pension off in the dictionary

  1. pension books
  2. pension fund
  3. pension funds
  4. pension house
  5. pension houses
  6. pension off
  7. pension plan
  8. pensionable
  9. pensionably
  10. pensionaries
  11. pensionary

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