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pension
Overview
This page has 25 definitions of pension with English translations in 9 languages. Pension is a noun and verb. Examples of how to use pension in a sentence are shown. Also define these 35 related words and terms: annuity, benefit, employee, serviceman, boarding house, wage, fee, charge, expense, tax, clergyman, tithe, allowance, patronage, boarding school, France, Belgium, Switzerland, grant, force, retire, payment, admission, lodging, meal, pensio, pension, riiklik, state, board, pencioun, panssion, retirement, fund, and accommodation.
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
Noun
pension (plural pensions)
- 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.
- 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)
- (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
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)
- A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
Patronage definition
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. (1 of 7 patronage definitions)
- (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
- full pension
- old age pension
- pensionary
Coordinate terms
Translations
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Verb
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned) (transitive)
- (transitive) To grant a pension to.
Grant definition
to give (permission or wish) (1 of 4 grant definitions)
- (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
Translations
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Anagrams
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)
- A pension, boarding house
- A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
- The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals
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
- accusative singular of pensio
Pensio definition
pension
Estonian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)
- 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
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pension | pensionid |
accusative | pensioni | pensionid |
genitive | pensioni | pensionide |
partitive | pensioni | pensione pensionisid |
illative | pensioni pensionisse |
pensionidesse pensionesse |
inessive | pensionis | pensionides pensiones |
elative | pensionist | pensionidest pensionest |
allative | pensionile | pensionidele pensionele |
adessive | pensionil | pensionidel pensionel |
ablative | pensionilt | pensionidelt pensionelt |
translative | pensioniks | pensionideks pensioneks |
terminative | pensionini | pensionideni |
essive | pensionina | pensionidena |
abessive | pensionita | pensionideta |
comitative | pensioniga | pensionidega |
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pension | pensionid |
accusative | pensioni | pensionid |
genitive | pensioni | pensionite |
partitive | pensionit | pensioneid |
illative | pensionisse | pensionitesse pensioneisse |
inessive | pensionis | pensionites pensioneis |
elative | pensionist | pensionitest pensioneist |
allative | pensionile | pensionitele pensioneile |
adessive | pensionil | pensionitel pensioneil |
ablative | pensionilt | pensionitelt pensioneilt |
translative | pensioniks | pensioniteks pensioneiks |
terminative | pensionini | pensioniteni |
essive | pensionina | pensionitena |
abessive | pensionita | pensioniteta |
comitative | pensioniga | pensionitega |
Derived terms
- pensioniiga
- rahvapension
- toitjakaotuspension
- töövõimetuspension
- vanaduspension
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
Noun
pension f (plural pensions)
- a pension, regularly received payment
- pension à taux plein
- full pension
- a pension, boarding house
- a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
- 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:
- → Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión)
Further reading
- “pension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
pension
- 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)
- Alternative form of panssion
Panssion definition
rent; regular payment in exchange for use of something
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
pension n (plural pensioane)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pension | pensionul | (niște) pensioane | pensioanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pension | pensionului | (unor) pensioane | pensioanelor |
vocative | pensionule | pensioanelor |
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
pension c
- pension, retirement
- att gå i pension
- to retire
- pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
- pension, accommodation
Accommodation definition
(1 of 17 accommodation definitions)
Declension
Declension of pension | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pension | pensionen | pensioner | pensionerna |
Genitive | pensions | pensionens | pensioners | pensionernas |
Related terms
- folkpension
- förtidspension
- halvpension
- helpension
- pang
- pensionat
- pensionera
- pensionsfond
- pensionskassa
- pensionsmässig
- pensionsutbetalning
- pensionsålder
- pensionär
- premiepension
- sjukpension
- tilläggspension
- tjänstepension
- ålderspension
See also
- änkekassa
- pantertant
- passion
- pupillkassa
Anagrams
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.
Noun
pension f (invariable)