noun
- a person who is approaching retirement age or who has recently retired but is not yet receiving a full pension
Usage: chiefly British; often used in employment or social policy contexts
Examples
- The company offered a voluntary redundancy scheme for pretensioners.
- Pretensioners often face challenges in finding new employment.
- The government introduced new benefits for pretensioners transitioning to retirement.
- Many pretensioners choose to work part-time while waiting for their pension to begin.
- Healthcare coverage for pretensioners became a key policy issue.