Meaning of pension in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Verb

   pension

   Definitions

   1. grant a pension to

2. Noun

   pension

   Etymology

   late Middle English (in the sense ‘payment, tax, regular sum paid to retain allegiance’): from Old French, from Latin pensio(n-) ‘payment’, from pendere‘to pay’. The current verb sense dates from the mid 19th century

   Definitions

   1. a regular payment to a person that iis intended to allow them to subsist without working