pension scheme
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈpen.ʃən ˌskiːm/ us/ˈpen.ʃən ˌskiːm/ (US retirement plan)
养老金计划，退休金方案
a system for saving money for your retirement (= the period in your life when you have finished working)
She was paying regularly into a pension scheme. 她定期向养老金计划缴费。
He talked about the benefits of joining a company pension scheme. 他谈到了加入公司养老金计划的好处。
Synonym: pension plan
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- As soon as you can afford to put something in a pension scheme you should begin to do so.
- The employer did not offer a pension scheme so he took out a personal pension.
- She started contributing to a pension scheme for the first time in her working life.
- As civil servants, they belong to a good pension scheme.