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Definition of Pension
1. Verb. Grant a pension to.
2. Noun. A regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working.
Specialized synonyms: Old-age Pension, Retirement Benefit, Retirement Check, Retirement Fund, Retirement Pension, Superannuation
Definition of Pension
1. n. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
2. v. t. To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
Definition of Pension
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like. ¹
3. Noun. Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe. ¹
4. Noun. A boarding house or small hotel, as in continental Europe, which offers lodging and certain meals and services. ¹
5. Noun. (archaic) A wage in active service ¹
6. Verb. To grant a pension ¹
7. Verb. To force someone to retire on a pension. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pension
1. to grant a retirement allowance to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pension
1. 1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. "The stomach's pension, and the time's expense." (Sylvester) 2. A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like. "To all that kept the city pensions and wages." (1 Esd. Iv. 56) 3. A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes. 4. [F, pronounced] A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. Origin: F, fr. L. Pensio a paying, payment, fr. Pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pendre to hang. See Pendant, and cf. Spend. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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