English
pension
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA: /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/
Noun

pension (plural pensions)

  1. 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. [from 16th c.]
    Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
  2. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
    A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not (John Irving).
  3. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
  5. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
  6. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
  7. (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Synonyms Translations Translations Translations
  • Russian: посо́бие
Verb

pension (pensions, present participle pensioning; past and past participle pensioned)

  1. (transitive) To grant a pension to.
  2. (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Synonyms
  • (to force to retire) pension off
Translations
  • French: pensioner
  • Portuguese: pensionar
  • Spanish: pensionar
Translations
  • German: pensionieren public service, in den Ruhestand versetzen
  • Italian: pensionare
  • Portuguese: aposentar


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