pension.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
A wage or fee.
A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
Where this word comes from
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.
To grant a pension to.
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Where this word comes from
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.
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Where this word comes from
From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.
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