basic pension
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandpension
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicandpensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Anyone with only thebasicpension, or with only a partial pension, would have it topped up to this level (shown by the cross-hatched area in the diagram).
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At the same time, higher-income pensioners would tend to gain by comparison with current plans, as they would benefit from the higherbasicpension, without having means-tested benefits to lose.
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Should caring for children of any age (as in thebasicpension) or only those aged under six (as in the second pension) count as participation?
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In countries where labor unions are participating in trust funds management, their political influence can remain much stronger than in countries where the government alone manages thebasicpensionsystem.
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The main idea was to optimize the profile of the trend in contribution rates needed to meet the objective of a balancedbasicpensionscheme over the period 2006-2050.
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The reformed body's mandate was to accumulate funding until 2020 to buttress thebasicpensionscheme.
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Revenue shortfalls in thebasicpensionsystem also exacerbated central budget deficits as the state absorbed higher proportions of program financing.
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So the scheme would include abasicpension, plus a rebate, plus a guarantee.
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By then, thebasicpension, linked only to prices, had fallen to only 17 per cent of average earnings.
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The shares of the publicbasicpensionschemes reflect the degree to which countries rely on this redistributive tier.
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The first section of the book is concerned with thebasicpension.
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As we shall see, the decision concerning the exclusion of business frombasicpensionmanagement was only changed in 1967.
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In 1993, the newly elected right-wing government reformed thebasicpensionsystem for private sector workers only.
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In addition, the oldbasicpensionand pension supplement will be replaced by a higher guaranteed pension for those not eligible for income-related benefits.
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Means-testing thebasicpensionis firmly rejected as a way of funding a higher level of pension.
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He had been seriously injured in an accident at work several years before and received thebasicpension.
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Defended by labor unions, this institutional framework shaped interests associated with thebasicpensionsystem.
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Since 1980 thebasicpensionhas been indexed to prices rather than to earnings as previously.
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The main idea is to optimize the profile of the trend in contribution rates needed to meet the objective of a balancedbasicpensionscheme over the period 2006-2050.
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Thebasicpensionwould continue to be indexed to prices, and so its value relative to average earnings would fall from around 15% today to 9% by 2030.
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