PENSION in a Sentence

Learn PENSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
53 example sentences for PENSION, such as:
1. The pension fund is in surplus.
2. A book had gone the rounds of the pension.
3. She's got nothing beyond her state pension.
4. She went to the company to draw her pension.
5. He only took the job to get vested in the pension fund.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PENSION
pension
 v.  grant a pension to
 n.  a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  As yet no animal had actually retired on pension, but of late the subject had been discussed more and more.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
2  For a horse, it was said, the pension would be five pounds of corn a day and, in winter, fifteen pounds of hay, with a carrot or possibly an apple on public holidays.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
3  He did not care what happened so long as a good store of stone was accumulated before he went on pension.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
4  And a scatter of odds and ends, like Cobbet of Cobbs Corner, retired, it was understood, on a pension from a tea plantation.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
5  He couldn't be a mere hanger-on, on her money and his own very small pension.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
6  All this profit-sharing and welfare work and insurance and old-age pension is simply poppycock.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  A good many persons of the pension had gone over to the Cheniere Caminada in Beaudelet's lugger to hear mass.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In I
8  A book had gone the rounds of the pension.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IV
9  The lovers were just entering the grounds of the pension.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VIII
10  It will be observed that Monsieur the Bishop had reserved for himself only one thousand livres, which, added to the pension of Mademoiselle Baptistine, made fifteen hundred francs a year.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
11  The government paid them a small pension, the ladies of the Petit-Picpus received them cordially.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT
12  The lancer had reasoned as follows: "The old druid has not sunk all his money in a life pension."
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE
13  He knew Vevay well, and as soon as the boat touched the little quay, he hurried along the shore to La Tour, where the Carrols were living en pension.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
14  And if one of them is man enough to spit in my face for insulting him, I'll buy his discharge and give him a pension.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
15  The count inquired whether any of the ancient jailers were still there; but they had all been pensioned, or had passed on to some other employment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  Your contributions will affect your pension entitlements.
2  A flexible retirement age is being considered by Ministers to unify men's and women's pension rights.
3  Many people find it hard to live on a basic state pension.
4  A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff.
5  She's got nothing beyond her state pension.
6  The pension funds are administered by commercial banks.
7  His company has the best pension scheme in the industry.
8  The money received is paid directly into a pension fund.
9  She went to the company to draw her pension.
10  The pension fund is in surplus.
11  The pension fund owns shares in several major public companies.
12  He only took the job to get vested in the pension fund.
13  The perks of the job include a company pension scheme and a generous travel allowance.
14  The union accepted a package deal including higher pension and longer holiday allowance.
15  Our comprehensive range of benefits includes pension and health insurance.