pension

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A regular sum of money paid to a person after they retire from work.

   Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.

2. 2
   verb

   To allow or make someone retire and receive a pension.

   The company pensioned off several older workers last year.

3. 3
   noun

   A small, inexpensive hotel or guest house, especially in continental Europe.

   We stayed in a cosy little pension near the station.

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”). Doublet of pensione.

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