old age pension

noun

1. a former name for the state retirement pension

Derived Forms

• old age pensioner, noun

Example Sentences

An “old age” pension was part of the 1912 Progressive Party platform, the goals laid out by Bull Moose candidate Theodore Roosevelt in his unsuccessful bid to reclaim the White House.

From Los Angeles Times

Similarly, Tony Coleman asked: "What happens to my old age pension if I am living in France?"

From BBC

In the run-up to World War One, chancellors of the exchequer - from Asquith to Lloyd George - began raising taxes to pay for social reforms, such as the old age pension.

From BBC

Tax credits, working benefits, housing benefits and every other benefit that isn’t an old age pension have been frozen for three years.

From The Guardian

Many were co-ordinated by local newspapers, which carried lists of individual donations: "From all at No.15 Station Lane", "My week's pocket money - Fred Smith aged 7″, "My first week's old age pension - 10 shillings towards our Spitfire". Matt Brosnan from the Imperial War Museum says: "Quite quickly the BBC was listing the latest successful funds and major donations at the end of news bulletins and takings were averaging over £1m a month.

From BBC