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pensionable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English pension Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pensionable From pension + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Eligible to receive a pension.
    • He could not sack me before I was pensionable, for fear of labour courts. 2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 15:

Deriveds

unpensionable · nonpensionable · pensionably

Translations (3)

es pensionista (able to receive a pension) · it pensionabile (able to receive a pension) · es pensionable (able to receive a pension)