pensioner

noun

pen·​sion·​er ˈpen(t)-sh(ə-)nər How to pronounce pensioner (audio)
1
: a person who receives or lives on a pension
2

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Reeves said at the time that this would be achieved through a raft of new policies, including a hike in employer National Insurance payments — a tax on earnings — as well as a rise in capital gains tax and the scrapping of winter fuel payments to pensioners. Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024 The government has been spending money lavishly on pensioners, poorer Russians, and those connected to the war effort; unemployment is low. Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2023 Many of the thousands who made the trip on Saturday were pensioners who had been coming to the races for decades. Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 25 May 2019 In September, after Congress passed an eight-per-cent cost-of-living increase for pensioners, Milei vetoed it. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pensioner 

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of pensioner was in the 15th century

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“Pensioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pensioner. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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pensioner

noun
pen·​sion·​er ˈpench-(ə-)nər How to pronounce pensioner (audio)
: a person who receives or lives on a pension

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