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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)

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. [from 16th c.]
2. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
3. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
4. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
5. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
6. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
7. (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)

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

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