pension (Meaning)
pension (n)
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
pension (v)
grant a pension to
pension (n.)
A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
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.
A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
pension (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.
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a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working, grant a pension toA payment; a tribute; something paid or given., A sta
dividend,contribution, benefit, presentation, gift, present, bonus, donation, gratuity, benevolence
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The retiree received a modest pension from his former employer.
The government increased pension benefits for senior citizens.
The pension fund was heavily invested in stocks and bonds.
She contributed to her employer-sponsored pension plan for several years.
