Definition of pension Pension

/pɛˈnʃʌn/ - [penshun] - pen•sion

We found 20 definitions of pension from 8 different sources.

What does pension mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: pensions
pension - a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
		regular payment a payment made at regular times
Verb pensions, pensioning, pensioned
pension - grant a pension to
		pension off
		award, grant give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"

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Wiktionary

pension (Noun)
A gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services; notably to one retired from service, on account of retirement age, disability or similar cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers; sometimes passed on to the heirs, or even specifically for them, as to the families of soldiers killed in service.
pension (Noun)
A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e. g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
pension (Noun)
Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
pension (Noun)
A boarding house or small hotel, as in continental Europe, which offers lodging and certain meals and services.
pension (Noun)
A wage in active service.
pension (Verb)
To grant a pension.
pension (Verb)
To force someone to retire on a pension.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pension (n.)
A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
pension (n.)
A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
pension (n.)
A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
pension (n.)
A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
pension (v. t.)
To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

pension
A house where someone can live and takes meals as paying guest.
pension
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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

pension
pen′shun, n. a stated allowance to a person for past services performed by himself or by some relative: a payment made to a person retired from service on account of age or weakness: a boarding-school or boarding-house on the Continent (pron. pong-siong′): a sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.—v.t. to grant a pension to.—adjs. Pen′sionable, entitled, or entitling, to a pension; Pen′sionary, receiving a pension: consisting of a pension.—n. one who receives a pension: the syndic or legal adviser of a Dutch town.—ns. Pen′sioner, one who receives a pension: a dependent: one who pays out of his own income for his commons, chambers, &c. at Cambridge University=an Oxford commoner; Pen′sionnaire.—Grand pensionary, the president of the States-general of Holland. [Fr.,—L. pension-em—pendĕre, pensum, to weigh, pay.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

pension
Specifically, a stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, for age, disability, or other cause; especially a yearly stipend paid by government to retired officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed, etc.

Wikipedia

A pension is a steady income given to someone. If pensions are part of a system of social security, the recipient of the pension is usually retired or disabled. They either have worked a long time during their life, or they are physically unable to do so. A pension is usually paid until a certain date (or event) occurs. In the case of social security plans, pensions are usually linked to the life of the person who receives the pension.

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pension, verb, present, 1st person singular of pension (infinitive).
pension, verb (infinitive).
pension, noun, singular of pensions.

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