pension
An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
Noun 3 meanings
An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
“Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.”
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
Verb 2 meanings
To grant a pension to.
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Etymology
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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PENSION at a glance
PENSION has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,880 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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