Thesaurus results for PENSION

pension

noun

as in contribution

an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works Her pension arrives in the mail every month. retired people living on their pensions

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Recent Examples of pension There is just under $140 million currently available in tax increment financing funds to cover the new teachers contract and pension liabilities, according to district officials. —

Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 This increase was attributed to higher operating income and a favorable pension and benefits remeasurement gain. —

Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025 But experts don't expect the trend to last, and policymakers are increasingly worried about the strain on public health and pensions as a shrinking workforce is left to support record numbers of retirees. —

Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 The fund is currently at capacity at about $4 billion, and any money above a statutory cap automatically goes toward paying down pension debt. —

Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pension

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Editor’s note: Throughout the week, The Athletic highlighted the Harlem Globetrotters and their contributions to basketball, vision for entertainment and overall commitment to goodwill.

— Jason Jones, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
The federal government’s contribution is normally around 4% of Connecticut’s K-12 education budget, which totals over $13 billion annually and is mainly funded by the state and local municipalities.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025