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pension

When used as a noun, "pension" usually refers to the total sum of money received over time, but it can also refer to the specific plan or fund that provides the money. As a verb, it is most commonly used in the phrasal form "pension off," which often implies that the employer is making the decision for the employee to leave.

💬Casual Conversation

🎬Tuesday afternoon, David is in a meeting while Jessica is staring at a spreadsheet.
Jessica

HR just flagged the budget. We can't afford to pension off Miller this quarter.

Jessica
David
David

That's a total bottleneck. We need to pivot and just keep him on.

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Jessica uses 'pension off' as a transitive verb meaning to force retirement for financial reasons. David responds with corporate buzzwords ('bottleneck', 'pivot') which reflects his persona of trying to sound like a tech visionary.

Meanings

noun

A regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life.

"She is living on a state pension and a small private annuity."

verb (transitive)

To pay a pension to someone, often as a means of forcing them to retire from a position.

"The company decided to pension off the senior managers to reduce overhead costs."

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