maximum pension

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maximum
adjective
uk
/ˈmæk.sɪ.məm/us
/ˈmæk.sə.məm/
being the largest amount or number allowed ...
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pension
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpen.ʃən/us
/ˈpen.ʃən/
an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or have ...
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(Definition ofmaximumandpensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Second, there is no ceiling, which implies amaximumpensionhigher than the private sector one.
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Maximumpensioncredit entitlement for someone with a full state pension is given by the gap between these two.
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However, most police officers choose to retire on completion of 30 years' pensionable service, as this is whenmaximumpensionbenefits are accrued.
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Clause 1 says that after fifteen years' service themaximumpensionshall be one-half of the annual salary.
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In the future, themaximumpensionwill not be obtainable until the diplomat has actually served 45 years.
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Is it possible that we can contemplate a scheme that in fifty years, three generations hence, will give £6 a week as themaximumpension?
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That subscription lasts over thirty-odd years and themaximumpensionwhich his wife could get under that would be between £400 and £500 a year, less tax.
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Themaximumpensionwhich may be provided by a tax-approved occupational pension scheme is, in general, two-thirds of the employee's final remuneration.
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It would be a very useful reform, too, if an officer earned hismaximumpensionafter 25 years' service.
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If a change upwards is to be made it cannot be done for those who, by their long service, have already qualified formaximumpension.
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Themaximumpensionis 100 marks a month.
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On the other hand, a group-captain, general duties, substantive rank, can, if he reaches hismaximumpension, get£750 a year.
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Therefore, the teachers have suggested a shorter accrual period for themaximumpension.
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They must have the maximum salary of their class in order that they may get themaximumpension.
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At that age the engineer-commander had qualified for hismaximumpension.
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Their allowance is included in themaximumpension.
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But the general position with regard to pensions in these cases, at present, is that themaximumpensionis two-thirds of the salary on retirement.
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A man who has served 40 years for hismaximumpensiongets in the way of pensionable allowance one-half of three-quarters of the bonus.
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Themaximumpensionof a quartermaster at the present day is £250 a year, but it is almost impossible for any quartermaster to obtain this pension.
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He is drawing themaximumpensionof his rank.
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