pension

Noun

1. 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.
2. (obsolete) A wage or fee.
3. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
4. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
5. (historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.

Verb

1. (transitive) To grant a pension to.
2. (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛnʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pencioun

In summary

From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”).

Synonyms

annuity

retirement

retirement pension

stipend

retirement pay

boarding house

boarding school

old-age pension

superannuation

retirement annuity

benefit

salary

retirement benefit

pension off

retired pay

retreat

savings

social security

allowance

superannuate

syntax

half-pay

military pension

teacher pension

pension benefit

old-age benefit

pension allowance

board-and-lodging apartment

superannuation payment

stockpile

authorship

boardinghouse

boarding-house

check

compilation

emoluments

grant

old age pension

pay

💸

payment

💸

premium

quarterage

redaction

retire

Translations

Pension

pensione

pensioen

pensión

pension

pensão

retraite

Rente

pensió

σύνταξη

pension

emerytura

jubilación

reddito

assegnamento