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pen·sion

   [pen-shuhn; Fr. pahn-syawn for 3] noun, plural pen·sions  [-shuhnz; Fr. -syawn for 3] , verb
noun
1.
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.
2.
an allowance, annuity, or subsidy.
3.
(in France and elsewhere in continental Europe)
a.
a boardinghouse or small hotel.
b.
room and board.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to grant or pay a pension to.
5.
to cause to retire on a pension (usually followed by off).

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English (< Old French pensïon) < Latin pēnsiōn- (stem of pēnsiō) a weighing out, hence, a paying out, installment paying, equivalent to pēns(us) (past participle of pendere to weigh out, pay by weight, equivalent to pend- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
pen·sion·a·ble, adjective
pen·sion·a·bly, adverb
pen·sion·less, adjective
non·pen·sion·a·ble, adjective
un·pen·sion·a·ble, adjective
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un·pen·sioned, adjective
un·pen·sion·ing, adjective
well-pen·sioned, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • Some will argue that pension schemes will simply cut benefits instead.
  • Health insurance is good and your pension benefits can be paid to you outside of the country if you leave later.
  • Pension funds have been seeking higher returns because of the paltry offerings of the life companies.
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World English Dictionary
pension1 (ˈpɛnʃən)
 
—n
1.  a regular payment made by the state to people over a certain age to enable them to subsist without having to work
2.  a regular payment made by an employer to former employees after they retire
3.  a regular payment made to a retired person as the result of his or her contributions to a personal pension scheme
4.  any regular payment made on charitable grounds, by way of patronage, or in recognition of merit, service, etc: a pension paid to a disabled soldier
 
—vb
5.  (tr) to grant a pension to
 
[C14: via Old French from Latin pēnsiō a payment, from pendere to pay]
 
'pensionable1
 
—adj
 
'pensionless1
 
—adj

pension2 (pɑ̃sjɔ̃)
 
—n
1.  a relatively cheap boarding house
2.  another name for full board
 
[C17: French; extended meaning of pension grant; see pension1]

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Word Origin & History

pension
mid-14c., "payment for services," especially "reward, payment out of a benefice" (early 14c., in Anglo-L.), from O.Fr. pension "payment, rent," from L. pensionem (nom. pensio) "payment, rent," from pensus, pp. of pendere "pay, weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "regular payment
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in consideration of past service" first recorded 1520s. Meaning "boarding house, boarding school" first attested 1640s, from French, and usually in ref. to places in France or elsewhere on the Continent. Pensioner first recorded late 15c.
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Cultural Dictionary

pension definition


Payments made to a retired person either by the government or by a former employer.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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