pensionableadj.
/ˈpɛnʃn̩əbl/, /ˈpɛnʃənəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/ 1.
a. Qualified for or entitled to a pension.
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1869 Laws Army & Navy Pensions (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions) vi. 60 The Act of August 5, 1854, provides that a widow pensionable under prior acts, who has remarried, is only debarred during coverture.
1890 Times 31 July 8/5 The amount paid to pensionable men would..not be so large.
1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 67 Sched. viii. 4 This provision shall apply to the pensionable assistants of the petty sessions clerks at Cork and Belfast.
1990 K. Wozencraft Rush xix. 191 It would be four years before he was pensionable.
1991 Marxism Today Mar. 49/3 If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted..I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians, both of whom I despised in their political heyday.
b. Entitling one to a pension.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > pension > receiving a pension
pensioned1611
pensionable1882
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > pension > entitling to a pension
pensionable1882
superannuable1937
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retired > on a pension > entitled to a pension
pensionable1882
1882 W. Chester (Pa.) Local News II. No. 19. 1 Those who incurred pensionable disabilities.
1892 Guardian 22 June 937/3 A teacher arrives at pensionable age.
1908 Daily Chron. 9 Jan. 6/7 They will have the ultimate prospect..of appointment to permanent and pensionable establishments of the Protectorate.
1955 Times 13 Aug. 6/6 The Civil Service is to offer pensionable jobs to men and women aged between 40 and 60.
1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) v. 163 His father is a loyal member and that's how he got a good pensionable job cleaning lavatories at the railway station.
2. Related to, connected with, or affecting a person's pension.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > pension
pensionary1566
pensionable1894
1894 Times 16 Feb. 6/4 I see no analogy between abatements from pensionable salary..and the reduction of a non-pensionable scale of pay.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 8/3 Saturday's deputation asked for the recognition of colour service in the Forces for pensionable purposes when they reached the age of sixty.
1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 67 Sched. ix The allowance awarded..shall in no case exceed two-thirds of his actual pensionable salary.
1991 Which? Aug. 463/1 Some schemes base pensionable salary on your pay less a deduction to allow for the basic state pension.
2003 Pensions Week (Nexis) 28 Apr. Most final salary formulae are based on the average of the best three years of pensionable income during the last 10-13 years of service.
Derivatives
ˈpensionably adv. so as to be entitled to a pension.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adverb] > pension
pensionably1893
1893 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 5 Oct. 5/2 His claim had been rejected because he was not ‘pensionably disabled’.
2001 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 3 July The old boy..could be described as pensionably ancient.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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