All 3 Uses of
pension
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- She also received a pension, toward which she had contributed at Suyama, of twenty thousand yen, or about sixty-five dollars, a month; and for several years she had been receiving a war widow's pension of another twenty thousand yen a month.†
Chpt 5 *pension = a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to have an income without working
- She also received a pension, toward which she had contributed at Suyama, of twenty thousand yen, or about sixty-five dollars, a month; and for several years she had been receiving a war widow's pension of another twenty thousand yen a month.†
Chpt 5
- He and Chisa both drew health-maintenance allowances as hibakusha, and he had a modest pension from the United Church of Japan.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to have an income without working -- typically during retirement