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pension

 
 
/ˈpenʃən/ noun [C]

Translation

money that is paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who has stopped working because they are old or ill
emekli maaşı/aylığı
a state/private pension a pension plan/scheme 20951443
pensioner noun [C] mainly UK someone who receives a pension
emekli
→ See also old-age pension → See also old-age pensioner12
(Definition of pension noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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