minimum pension
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminimumandpension
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minimum
adjective
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/us/ˈmɪn.ə.məm/
used to describe something that is the smallest or least 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 ofminimumandpensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofminimum pension
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However, due to data availability problems, the contribution period for theminimumpensionbenefit has been used here.
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The government has discretion over the level of theminimumpensionguarantee, but has usually set it around 25% of the average economy-wide wage.
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By upholding occupational differences and by not providing aminimumpensionit reinforced social inequalities rather than solidarity and equality.
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Adjustments to theminimumpensionwere not so concentrated in pre-election months, in part because theminimumpensionwas adjusted far more often.
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Here, the well-educated high-income workers that invest the most in the riskiest funds, and they will not likely need theminimumpensionguarantee.
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Often pensioners were simply placed at aminimumpensionwhen their earning history was problematic to categorize.
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The absence of a universalminimumpensionmust take some of the blame for this.
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Thirdly, given the fact that people on low incomes might not acquire private pensions at all a trueminimumpensioncould have been introduced.
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Both the real minimum wage and realminimumpensionincreased only modestly, and the real average wage rose moderately.
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Annuitization also reduces the liability that the government incurs through theminimumpensionguarantee.
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Furthermore, the higher the value of theminimumpension, the lower the risk of 'cumulative deprivation'.
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Other workers contribute, but many of them do not reach the minimum number of periods of contribution required to qualify for a pension or for aminimumpensionguarantee.
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The reform does not introduce aminimumpensionbut it makes it easier for citizens with pension rights below the level of means-tested income support to claim this benefit.
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It was the death knell for theminimumpensionscheme.
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It is clear enough now that we shall never get an adequateminimumpensionso long as we rely on the flat-rate contribution.
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But, that is no reason not to introduce aminimumpensionguarantee.
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She had read about theminimumpensionguarantee and wanted to know whether her pension would go up.
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In the light of the reality of those promises, what hypocrisy was the proposal for a nationalminimumpensionwell above existing pension rates!
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At the other end of the scale, is not the suggested figure of £114 rather too low as aminimumpensionfor a widow?
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