pensionable
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English pension Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pensionable From pension + -able.
- Eligible to receive a pension.
“He could not sack me before I was pensionable, for fear of labour courts.”