pension
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[edit] English
[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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pension (plural pensions)
- 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
- A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
- Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
- 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).
- (archaic) A wage in active service
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- (regularly paid gratuity): superannuation
- (boarding house): hotel, hostel , (informal) bed and breakfast
- (payment for accommodations): rent
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terms derived from pension (noun)
[edit] Translations
regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
accommodations
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boarding house
stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
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[edit] Verb
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned) (transitive)
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- (to force to retire): pension off
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to grant a pension
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to force to retire
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[edit] Dutch
[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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[edit] Noun
pension n. (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje)
- A pension, boarding house
- A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
- 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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[edit] Noun
pension
- accusative singular of pensio
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Old French pension "payment, rent", borrowed from Latin pensio "payment, rent", from pensus, the past participle of pendere "to weigh, pay".
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[edit] Noun
pension f. (plural pensions)
- A pension, regularly received payment
- pension à taux plein
- full pension
- pension à taux plein
- A pension, boarding house
- A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
- board; (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
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[edit] Noun
pension c.
- pension, retirement
- att gå i pension
- to retire
- att gå i pension
- pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
- pension, accommodation
[edit] Declension
Declension of pension
| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | pension | pensionen | pensioner | pensionerna |
| genitive | pensions | pensionens | pensioners | pensionernas |
[edit] Related terms
- ålderspension
- folkpension
- förtidspension
- halvpension
- helpension
- pang
- pensionär
- pensionat
- pensionera
- pensionsmässig
- pensionsålder
- pensionsfond
- pensionskassa
- pensionsutbetalning
- premiepension
- sjukpension
- tilläggspension
- tjänstepension
[edit] See also
[edit] Venetian
[edit] Etymology
Compare Italian pensione
[edit] Noun
pension f. inv.
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- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
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- French countable nouns
- Swedish nouns
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