pensioner
/ˈpenʃənə(r)/noun
उच्चारण पेन्शनर
पेंशनभोगी
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a person who is receiving a pension, especially from the government
पेंशनभोगी
- Pensioners must submit a life certificate every year.
- The bank opens a separate counter for pensioners on the first of every month.
- The retired postman is now a pensioner and spends his mornings in the park.
+ 2 more examples
- Pensioners get a discount on train fares in many countries.
- A group of pensioners meets at the community hall every evening.
Synonyms retiree senior citizen old-age pensioner retired person
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a pensioner (countable noun)
A pensioner is a person who gets a pension, especially an old person who has retired from work. It is countable.
'Pensioner' वह व्यक्ति है जिसे पेंशन मिलती है, विशेषकर कोई बुज़ुर्ग जो काम से सेवानिवृत्त हो चुका है। यह countable है।
- My grandfather is a retired government pensioner.
- The bank opened a counter for pensioners.
the + pensioners (plural group)
The pensioners refers to the whole group. Use a plural verb after it.
'The pensioners' पूरे समूह को बताता है। इसके बाद बहुवचन क्रिया आती है।
- The pensioners are waiting in a queue.
- The pensioners received their pension on the first of the month.
old-age pensioner / senior citizen
In British English an old-age pensioner is a person who receives a state pension. Senior citizen is a gentler phrase.
ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में 'old-age pensioner' वह व्यक्ति है जिसे सरकारी पेंशन मिलती है। 'Senior citizen' अधिक नरम शब्द है।
- The railway gives a discount to senior citizens.
related forms: pension, pensionable
The noun is pension, and a job or age is pensionable when it counts towards a pension.
Noun 'pension' है, और कोई नौकरी या आयु 'pensionable' तब है जब वह पेंशन के लिए गिनी जाए।
- He receives a monthly pension of twenty thousand rupees.
pensioner vs. retiree
A retiree is anyone who has stopped working; a pensioner is one who receives a regular pension.
'Retiree' वह है जिसने काम करना बंद कर दिया है; 'pensioner' वह है जिसे नियमित पेंशन मिलती है।
- A retiree may not be a pensioner if the job had no pension.
+Collocations 5
adjective + pensioner
retiredelderlyold-agegovernmentdisabled
- Many retired pensioners live in this colony.
pensioner + noun
associationcardbenefitdiscountticket
- The pensioner discount applies on bus tickets.
verb + pensioner
helpsupportpayservemeet
- The bank has opened a help desk to support pensioners.
pensioner + group
group of pensionersclub of pensionerspensioners' meetingpensioners' home
- A club for pensioners meets in the park every morning.
pensioner + life
pensioner's lifepensioner's incomepensioner's healthpensioners' welfare
- The scheme aims at the welfare of pensioners.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's grandfather is a pensioner and reads in the library daily.
राधिका के दादाजी पेंशनधारी हैं और रोज़ पुस्तकालय में पढ़ते हैं।
- The pensioners must submit their life certificate every November.
पेंशनधारियों को हर नवंबर में अपना जीवन प्रमाण-पत्र जमा करना होता है।
- Pensioners get a discount on train tickets in some cases.
कुछ मामलों में पेंशनधारियों को रेल टिकट पर छूट मिलती है।
- The government raised the allowance for pensioners.
सरकार ने पेंशनधारियों का भत्ता बढ़ा दिया।
- A group of pensioners met at the post office to collect their money.
पेंशनधारियों का एक समूह अपनी रकम लेने के लिए डाकघर में मिला।
- The pensioner collected his monthly money from the post office.
पेंशनधारी ने डाकघर से अपनी मासिक रकम ली।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The pensioner are waiting in the bank.
✓ The pensioners are waiting in the bank.
The verb are needs a plural subject.
'Are' के साथ बहुवचन कर्ता चाहिए।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
retiree senior citizen old-age pensioner retired person
AaSpelling
pen·sion·er
?Which word?
Keep apart pension (regular money paid after retirement) and pensive (thinking deeply, often sadly).
Pension (सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद नियमित धन) और pensive (गहराई से, प्रायः उदासी से सोचने वाला) को अलग रखिए।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Jeevan Pramaan is a digital life certificate for pensioners; the National Pension System (NPS) and the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) cover government employees; Atal Pension Yojana is for workers in the unorganized sector.
जीवन प्रमाण पेंशनभोगियों के लिए डिजिटल जीवन प्रमाण-पत्र है; राष्ट्रीय पेंशन प्रणाली (NPS) और एकीकृत पेंशन योजना (UPS) सरकारी कर्मचारियों को कवर करती हैं; अटल पेंशन योजना असंगठित क्षेत्र के श्रमिकों के लिए है।