pension

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendere (“to weigh”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (US)

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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. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
6. (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

Verb

pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned) (transitive)

1. To grant a pension
2. To force someone to retire on a pension.

Anagrams

• nosepin

Etymology

Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)

1. A pension, boarding house
2. A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
3. The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals

Noun

pension

1. accusative singular of pensio

Etymology

From Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

pension f (plural pensions)

1. A pension, regularly received payment

   pension à taux plein

   full pension

2. A pension, boarding house
3. A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
4. board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)

Further reading

• “pension” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• épinons, peinons, pionnes

Noun

pension f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)

1. Alternative form of panssion

Pronunciation

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Noun

pension c

1. pension, retirement

   att gå i pension

   to retire

2. pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
3. pension, accommodation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione

Noun

pension f (invariable)

1. pension