pension

Meaning

1. (neuter) a pension, boarding house
2. (neuter) a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
3. (neuter) the services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals

Concepts

boarding house

pension

hostel

hotel

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guesthouse

boarding school

inn

lodging house

ostler

boardinghouse

innkeeping

boardingschool

bunkhouse

flophouse

guest house

hostler

Synonyms

kosthuis

herberg

hotel

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logement

pensioen

Translations

Pension

pension

pensão

pensionnat

pensione

pensión

Fremdenheim

Herberge

ostello

albergue

pensió

Gasthaus

ξενώνας

auberge

pension de famille

Etymology

Borrowed from French: pension

In summary

Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).