( especially BrE ) [ usually passive ] to allow or force sb to retire and to pay them a pension :
He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.
( informal , figurative )
That car of yours should have been pensioned off years ago.
( especially BrE ) [ usually passive ] to allow or force sb to retire and to pay them a pension :
He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.
( informal , figurative )
That car of yours should have been pensioned off years ago.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005