Legal Definition and Related Resources of Pension
Meaning of Pension
Formerly, the term referred only to gratuities paid by the government in recognition of past services in the Army or Navy. Dismukes v United States , 297 U.S. 167,56 S. Ct. 400, 80 L. Ed. 561. regular allowances paid to an individual by the government in consideration of services rendered, or in recognition of merit , civil or military. United States v Hall, 98 U.S. 343, 25 L.Ed. 180. A bounty or gratuity bestowed as a token of the government’s benevolence. Anderson v United States, (C.A.9.Wash.) 205 E.2d326, 40 A.L.R.2d639. In modern times, the term has also acquired the meaning of a deferred portion of the compensation earned for services rendered. See Sonnabend v Spokane, 53 Wash.2d362, 333 P.2d918. Statutes may, however, give the term a special or extended or restrictive meaning.
Pension Alternative Definition
A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by him for the country. It is sometimes loosely used in the sense of annuity. In Spanish Law. Rent; a rent, White, New Recop. bk. 2, c. 2, § 3.
Synonyms of Pension
noun
- allotment
- allowance
- annua
- annual allowance
- ar
- r _ ty
- compensation
- emolument
- endowment
- fee
- cial remuneration
- grant
- grant for support
- grar
- aid
- payment
- pecuniary aid
- remittance
- remunt
- tion
- retirement benefits
- retirement income
- spec
- r : income payable for life
- stated maintenance
- stipe1 subsidization
- subsidy
- subvention
- support Associated Concepts: pension act
- pension and be nefit fund
- pension benefits
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Pension Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Pension in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Retirement plan offered by an employer for the benefit of an employee, usually at retirement, through a TRUSTEE who controls the plan ASSETS.
United States Tax Concept of Pension
A retirement plan. Payments to employees from an employer funded retirement plan for past services rendered.
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