pensiun
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Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch pensioen, from Middle Dutch pensioen, from Old French pension (“payment, rent”), from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, to pay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pènsiun (plural pensiun-pensiun, first-person possessive pensiunku, second-person possessive pensiunmu, third-person possessive pensiunnya)
- 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.
- (generally in compound) retirement: The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
Affixed terms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]Verb
[edit]pènsiun
- to retire
Further reading
[edit]- “pensiun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.