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Pension

noun
/ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/
Word Frequency: 9.4

Definitions

1.nounAn 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."
2.nounA boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
"A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not (John Irving)."
3.nounA wage or fee.
4.nounA charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
5.nounA sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
6.nounA regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
7.nounA boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
8.verbTo grant a pension to.
9.verbTo force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Synonyms

bed and breakfasthostelhotelrentsuperannuationpension offretirement benefitretirement checkretirement fundrrspannuityinsurance

Rhymes With

apprehensioncontentioncondescensionconventioncomprehensionretentiondissensionpretension
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