retired pay

collocation in English

meaningsofretiredandpay

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retired
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtaɪəd/us
/rɪˈtaɪrd/
If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because ...
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pay
noun[U]
uk
/peɪ/us
/peɪ/
the money you receive for doing ...
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(Definition ofretiredandpayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In such cases the additional service does not count for an increase inretiredpay.
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The average rate ofretiredpayper head is about £308 a year.
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These officers continue to draw theirretiredpay.
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A captain so promoted, if eligible forretiredpay, would now be drawing a minimum rate of £136 a year.
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The rates ofretiredpayvary according to the length of service and the circumstances of retirement.
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Two officers in receipt ofretiredpayare paid at special rates.
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He inquired if they will be eligible for the increased rate ofretiredpay.
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Some of the governors are in receipt ofretiredpayon account of naval or military service.
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The pension continued until he ceased to serve as an officer in 1919, when he was awardedretiredpayon the officers' scale in lieu.
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Officers who have commuted any portion of theirretiredpaysuffer a deduction from pay equivalent to the amount ofretiredpaycommuted.
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I am informed that there have been about 7,500 commutations of officers'retiredpaysince the end of the war.
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Assuming the lieutenant-colonel was a combatant officer retiring in 1939 hisretiredpaywould have depended on his age.
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To have an entitlement toretiredpayas an officer, an ex-airman pensioner must have been granted a permanent commission.
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Eight officers are in receipt ofretiredpayand one officer is in receipt of half-pay.
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Scales ofretiredpayfor brigadiers, air commodores and senior naval captains are the same.
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A squadron leader aged 55 or more who retires with the maximum 34 years' reckonable service currently receivesretiredpayof£3,108 per annum.
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When all is said and done, what does the difference of 7½ points actually represent on the rates ofretiredpay?
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Officers'retiredpayhad previously fluctuated with the cost of living.
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I cannot believe that our system ofretiredpayis fair because of its so-called principle of immutability.
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The rates ofretiredpayof officers of the rank of airvice- marshal and air marshals will be improved.
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