pension

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.3.2 Related terms 3 Esperanto 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Derived terms 4.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Recorded since 1362 from Old French pension (“‘payment", "rent’”), from Latin pensio (“‘payment", "rent’”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“‘to weigh", "to pay’”)

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• enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA: /ˈpenʃən/, SAMPA: /"penS@n/
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pension (plural pensions)

1. A regularly paid 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.

   Pensioners depend on their pension to pay the bills

2. (archaic) A wage in active service
3. A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
4. Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
5. A boarding house or small hotel, as in continental Europe, which offers lodging and certain meals and services.

   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).

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• rent
• superannuation

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

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• (to force to retire): pension off

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• pensionable

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[edit] Etymology

From French pension, itself from Latin pensio "payment, rent", from pensus, the past participle of pendere "to weigh, pay"

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pension n. (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje, diminutive plural pensionnetjes)

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

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• pensionboerderij
• pensiongast m.
• pensionhouder m.
• half pension n.
• vol pension n.

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• pensionaat n.
• pensionair m.
• pensionaris m.

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pension

1. accusative singular of pensio

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French pension "payment, rent", from Latin pensio "payment, rent", from pensus, the past participle of pendere "to weigh, pay"

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pension f. (plural pensions)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• demi-pension
• pensionner
• pensionnaire m.
• pensionnat m.
• pensionné m.
• pension alimentaire
• pension d'état
• pension de retraite

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of einnops
• peinons
• pionnes