pensionable
- adjective
- /ˈpɛnʃənəbl/
- UK
- A manager's pensionable salary would be based on an average of his or her highest three years of compensation, instead of just the highest salary year.
- pensionable age
Examples
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Therefore, the social resistance to the increase in effective retirement age, inter alia through increasing the pensionable age, is huge.
Academic text (2018) -
I think establishing the pensionable salary cap is a great idea.
Blog text (26) -
So we froze pensionable pay calculations for five years.
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However, I do believe he's on to something by establishing the pensionable salary cap.
Blog text (26) -
Moreover, the resignation rate among young teachers was about 5% per year, and many pensionable teachers would reach retirement age during the next 5 to 10 years ("Teaching service").
Academic text (2001) -
The fourth problem is the loss of stability in the civil service through reforms such as the replacement of pensionable employment with contracts; linkage of pay raises with performance; compulsory early retirement; emphasis on productivity gains; and internal competition.
Academic text (2001) -
These include one or more of the following: lump sum payments to parents for the birth of each child, children's allowances to be paid out over a period of years, the counting of child-rearing years towards pensionable years, loans at low interest rates, housing vouchers, and a favorable tax structure.
Academic text (2002) -
Bertha Falkenberg, though herself of pensionable age, set up a group to help 'evacuees' by supplying them with extra provisions—sandwiches, coffee, water, and soup—at the railheads.
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Many employees are concerned about their pensionable status as they approach retirement age.
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The new policy outlines what qualifies as pensionable service for long-term employees.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pensionable comes from pension ('a regular payment after you stop working') and the ending -able ('can be'). So a pensionable job or person is one who 'can receive' a pension when they retire.