pension
IPA: pˈɛnʃʌn
noun
- 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.
- (obsolete) A wage or fee.
- (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
- 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.
- A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
- (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
verb
- (transitive) To grant a pension to.
- (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
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