Meaning of pension in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    pension

    Definitions

    1. grant a pension to

    Derived terms

  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

    Derived terms

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