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pension

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnʃən/

The English word “pension” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
  2. A wage or fee.
  3. A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
  4. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
  5. A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
  6. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
  7. A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

verb

  1. To grant a pension to.
  2. To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Etymology

From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.

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