Thesaurus results for PENSIONS

pensions

noun

plural of pension

as in contributions

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 pensions Maria Hadden, 49th, on Wednesday wrote an email to her colleagues contending the mayor’s office wants contributions to certain aldermanic staffers’ pensions to come out of their ward expense accounts, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Tribune. —

Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 The countdown has begun to the introduction of new rules on how pensions are treated after someone dies. —

Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026 As the labor force shrinks, economic output and tax revenues may contract while demand for pensions, healthcare, and social security rises—a financial burden that will be borne by an increasingly smaller workforce. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026 Over the next two years, the couple drew from tax-advantaged retirement investments as well as state pensions. —

Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026 In contrast, the Fraternal Order of Eagles advocated for pensions for industrial wage laborers—for people who had worked in jobs that wore out their bodies and left them physically unable to work. —

Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026 Baratta’s dog-walking income supplements several small pensions and Social Security benefits. —

Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 Horner explains that the country offers a seven percent flat tax rate on all foreign retirement income, including Social Security, pensions, and IRAs, for up to 15 years. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026 This new Department of Labor reform has the potential to finally democratize access to the same types of wealth-building investments that Wall Street elites, big university and foundation endowments, and public pensions have long had all to themselves. —

MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

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The Chinook Oldendorff case study shows that small contributions add up to significant savings on long sea journeys.

— Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
Cook also personally donated $1 million to Trump’s second inauguration fund (along with contributions from other business leaders).

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026