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Pension

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Noun

1. pension

a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

Verb

2. pension, pension off

grant a pension to

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pension

see synonyms of pension
verb
5. (transitive)
to grant a pension to
noun (in France and some other countries)
1. 
a relatively cheap boarding house
2.  another name for full board
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

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Pension

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noun
1. 
a payment, not wages, made regularly to a person (or to his family) who has fulfilled certain conditions of service, reached a certain age, etc.
a soldier's pension, an old-age pension
2. 
a regular payment, not a fee, given to an artist, etc. by a patron; subsidy
3. 
in France and other continental countries
a. 
a boardinghouse
b. 
room and board
verb transitive
4. 
to grant a pension to

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pension

see synonyms of pension
n.
A sum of money paid regularly as a retirement benefit or by way of patronage.
tr.v. pen·sioned, pen·sion·ing, pen·sions
1. To grant a pension to.
2. To retire or dismiss with a pension: "Some French farmers suggest that the Government pension off the older and less efficient farmers" (E.J. Dionne, Jr.)
n.
1. A boarding house or small hotel in Europe: "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).
2. Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
3. Room and board.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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