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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