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Definition pension
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, borrowed from Latin p?nsi?, p?nsi?nem (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendere (“to weigh”).
Noun
pension (plural pensions)
- 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. [from 16th c.]
- A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
- A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Verb
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned) (transitive)
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