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pension

[ pen-shuhn; French pahn-syawn ]

noun

plural pensions
  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)
    1. a boardinghouse or small hotel.
    2. room and board.


verb (used with object)

  1. to grant or pay a pension to.
  2. to cause to retire on a pension (usually followed by off ).

pension

1

/ ˈɛʃə /

noun

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to grant a pension to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pension

2

/ ɑ̃ɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a relatively cheap boarding house
  2. another name for full board
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pension

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

  • ˈԲDzԲ, adjective
  • ˈԲDzԱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • sDz·· adjective
  • sDz·· adverb
  • sDz· adjective
  • non·sDz·· adjective
  • un·sDz·· adjective
  • ܲ·sDzԱ adjective
  • ܲ·sDz·Բ adjective
  • ɱ-sDzԱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pension1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French ԲïDz, from Latin ŧԲō-, stem of ŧԲō “measured weight,” hence, “payment, rent,” from ŧԲ(ܲ) “weighed” (past participle of pendere “to hang, weigh out, pay by weight”) + -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pension1

C14: via Old French from Latin ŧԲō a payment, from pendere to pay

Origin of pension2

C17: French; extended meaning of pension grant; see pension 1
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Example Sentences

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The Met confirmed earlier this year that 29 officers and staff were on special vetting leave receiving full pay and pension.

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The unfunded tax cuts announced then spooked investors, who dumped UK government bonds, resulting in the Bank of England stepping in to buy bonds to save pension funds from collapse.

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Mrs O'Neil says she has been hit by the Winter Fuel Payment cuts and Labour rejecting any compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age.

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On Wednesday, workers had joined a weekly protest staged by pensioners who have seen their pension funds slashed.

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When share prices drop, they reduce the value of products such as ISAs and pension funds.

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