pension

English

Etymology

From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendere (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

pension (plural pensions)

1. 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. [from 16th c.]

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

   • Annuity definition

     A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.

   • Benefit definition

     An advantage; help or aid from something. (1 of 5 benefit definitions)

   • Employee definition

     An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.

   • Serviceman definition

     A man who serves in the armed forces. (1 of 2 serviceman definitions)
2. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]

   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).

   • Boarding House definition

     A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. (1 of 2 boarding house definitions)
3. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]

   • Wage definition

     An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

   • Fee definition

     A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. (1 of 7 fee definitions)
4. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]

   • Charge definition

     The amount of money levied for a service. (1 of 22 charge definitions)

   • Expense definition

     A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. (1 of 3 expense definitions)

   • Tax definition

     Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services. (1 of 4 tax definitions)
5. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.

   • Clergyman definition

     An ordained (male) Christian minister, a male member of the clergy.

   • Tithe definition

     A tenth. (1 of 4 tithe definitions)
6. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]

   • Allowance definition

     Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting (1 of 11 allowance definitions)

   • Patronage definition

     The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. (1 of 7 patronage definitions)
7. (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

   • Boarding School definition

     A school which provides board and lodging as well as tuition, with students going home at weekends or between terms. (1 of 2 boarding school definitions)

   • France definition

     (1 of 5 France definitions)

   • Belgium definition

     (1 of 2 Belgium definitions)

   • Switzerland definition

     (1 of 2 Switzerland definitions)

Synonyms

• (regularly paid gratuity): superannuation
• (boarding house): hotel, hostel, (informal) bed and breakfast, See Thesaurus: lodging place
• (payment for accommodations): rent

Hyponyms

• (UK retirement schemes): AVC, buyout policy, FSAVC, GPP, GSHP, GSIPP, personal pension, retirement annuity contract, S2P, SERPS, SIPP, SSAS, stakeholder pension
• (boarding house): bed-and-breakfast, half-pension, full-pension

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• (boarding house): inn, motel, hotel, board, half-board, full-board

Translations

Verb

pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned) (transitive)

1. (transitive) To grant a pension to.

   • Grant definition

     to give (permission or wish) (1 of 4 grant definitions)
2. (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

   • Force definition

     Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. (1 of 14 force definitions)

   • Retire definition

     To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. (1 of 12 retire definitions)

Synonyms

• (to force to retire): pension off

Derived terms

• pensionable

Translations

Anagrams

• nosepin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)

1. A pension, boarding house
2. A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments

   • Payment definition

     The act of paying. (1 of 2 payment definitions)

   • Admission definition

     The act or practice of admitting. (1 of 7 admission definitions)
3. The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals

   • Lodging definition

     A place to live or lodge. (1 of 5 lodging definitions)

   • Meal definition

     Correct quotes (1 of 8 meal definitions)

Derived terms

• pensionboerderij
• pensiongast m
• pensionhouder m
• half pension n
• vol pension n

Related terms

• pensionaat n
• pensionair m
• pensionaris m

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pènsiun

Esperanto

Noun

pension

1. accusative singular of pensio

   • Pensio definition

     pension

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˈenʲsion/

Noun

pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)

1. pension

   riiklik pension ― state pension

   • Pension definition

     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. (1 of 7 pension definitions)

   • Riiklik definition

     state , national (of or relating to a sovereign polity and its governing institutions)

   • State definition

     (1 of 24 state definitions)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• pension in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• pension in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
• pension in Sõnaveeb

French

Etymology

From Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pension f (plural pensions)

1. a pension, regularly received payment

   pension à taux plein

   full pension

2. a pension, boarding house
3. a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
4. board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)

   • Board definition

     A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. (1 of 15 board definitions)

Derived terms

• demi-pension
• fonds de pension
• pension alimentaire
• pensionner
• pensionnaire m
• pensionnat m
• pensionné m
• pension alimentaire
• pension d'état
• pension de retraite

Descendants

• → Belarusian: пансiён (pansijón), пансыён (pansyjón)
• → Bulgarian: пансион (pansion)
• → German: Pension
• → Greek: πανσιόν (pansión)
• → Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پانسیون‎
  • Turkish: pansiyon
• → Romanian: pension
• → Russian: пансио́н (pansión)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пансѝо̄н

  Latin: pansìōn

• → Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión)

Further reading

• “pension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• épinons, peinons, pionnes

Middle English

Noun

pension

1. Alternative form of pencioun

   • Pencioun definition

     a regularly (usually annually) paid stipend; an annuity. (1 of 4 pencioun definitions)

Old French

Noun

pension f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)

1. Alternative form of panssion

   • Panssion definition

     rent; regular payment in exchange for use of something

Romanian

Etymology

From French pension.

Noun

pension n (plural pensioane)

1. boarding school

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈɧuːn/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pension c

1. pension, retirement

   att gå i pension

   to retire

   • Retirement definition

     An act of retiring; withdrawal. (1 of 5 retirement definitions)
2. pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund

   • Fund definition

     A sum or source of money. (1 of 4 fund definitions)
3. pension, accommodation

   • Accommodation definition

     (1 of 17 accommodation definitions)

Declension

Related terms

See also

• änkekassa
• pantertant
• passion
• pupillkassa

Anagrams

• pionens, spionen

Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.

Noun

pension f (invariable)

1. pension