{
    "term": "pension",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to somebody who has retired from work",
            "sensetop": "on a pension",
            "labels": "(often ironic)(often ironic)(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **receive a** retirement **pension**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party promised to increase the basic **state pension** by £15 a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a disability pension"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to take out a pension"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a workplace/an occupational pension"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was struggling to live on a small pension.",
                    "contextForm": "on a pension"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been paying into a **private pension** for years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **pension fund**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **pension scheme/plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Employees enjoy generous retirement pensions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He draws his pension at the post office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is now retired and on a pension."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only half of all women qualify for a full state pension."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lives on her pension and her savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "State pensions are funded by taxpayers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The state pension age for men and women will be 67."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will have to find out whether or not you qualify for a pension."
                },
                {
                    "text": "workers who have lost all their pensions as a result of company insolvencies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Employers like freelancers as they avoid the extra expense of pension contributions, sick pay and national insurance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Life stages", "Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adequate", "big", "decent"],
                "verb + pension": ["collect", "draw", "get"],
                "pension + noun": ["age", "contributions", "fund"],
                "preposition": ["on a pension"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpenʃn/",
                "audio": "pe/pension/pension__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpenʃn/",
                "audio": "pe/pension/pension__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘payment, tax, regular sum paid to retain allegiance’): from Old French, from Latin pensio(n-) ‘payment’, from pendere ‘to pay’. The current verb sense dates from the mid 19th cent."
}