pension
//ˈpɛnʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- pensions
- present (v1)
- pension
- past (v2)
- pensioned
- past participle (v3)
- pensioned
- present participle
- pensioning
- 3rd person singular
- pensions
Definitions
1.A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
2.A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
3.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.
1.To grant a pension to.
2.To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3750
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
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.