PENSION OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pension off mean? 

• PENSION OFF (verb)
  The verb PENSION OFF has 2 senses:

1. let go from employment with an attractive pension

2. grant a pension to

  Familiarity information: PENSION OFF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENSION OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Let go from employment with an attractive pension

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The director was pensioned off when he got senile

Hypernyms (to "pension off" is one way to...):

can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

Cause:

retire (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grant a pension to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

pension; pension off

Hypernyms (to "pension off" is one way to...):

award; grant (give as judged due or on the basis of merit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody