verb
- present participle of pension; providing with a pension or retiring someone with a pension
Usage: often used with ‘off’
Examples
- The company is pensioning off several long-term employees this year.
- They are pensioning the veteran workers who have served for decades.
- The government is pensioning disabled veterans with full benefits.
- After thirty years of service, they’re pensioning him with honor.
- The firm is pensioning its oldest staff members early.
- She’s being pensioned off at age sixty-five.