Sentences with pay a pension
pay a pen·sion
P p - Many government retirement schemes are financed by payroll taxes so that the contributions made by today's workers are used to pay the pensions of those who have already retired.The factory owners were unwilling to pay pensions to laid-off workers, many of whom had worked for the company for more than 20 years.If a company or government pays a pension to someone, it provides them with money because they have reached a certain age.