Pension

Noun

 * 1) A regularly paid gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services; notably to one retired from service, on account of retirement age, disability or similar cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers; sometimes passed on to the heirs, or even specifically for them, as to the families of soldiers killed in service.
 * ''Pensioners depend on their pension to pay the bills
 * 1) A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
 * 2) Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
 * 3) A boarding house or small hotel, as in continental Europe, which 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).
 * 1)  A wage in active service

Synonyms

 * superannuation
 * hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast
 * rent

Derived terms

 * pensionary
 * pensioner
 * pension fund


 * pensionless
 * full pension

Verb

 * 1) To grant a pension
 * 2) To force someone to retire on a pension.

Synonyms

 * pension off

Derived terms

 * pensionable

Adjectives for Pension
contributory; liberal; retiring; literary; subsidiary; old-age.

Verbs for Pension
assign—; authorize—; bestow—upon; derive —from; establish—; exact—; fix—; forfeit —; grant—; merit—; proffer—; provide—; request—; reserve for—; retire on—; welcome—; yield—; —assists; —enables; —encourages; —supports; —sustains.

Thesaurus
aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, benefit, boardinghouse, bounty, depletion allowance, dismiss, dole, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fellowship, financial assistance, fleabag, flophouse, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, guest house, help, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodging house, old-age insurance, ordinary, pecuniary aid, pension off, posada, price support, pub, public, public assistance, public house, public welfare, relief, retirement benefits, roadhouse, rooming house, scholarship, shelve, social security, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, superannuate, superannuation, support, tavern, tax benefit, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments

Etymology
Recorded since 1362 from pension:, from  pensio:, from pensus:, the past participle of pendo:

Noun

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Pension, Rente
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Norwegian: pensjon
 * Polish: emerytuta, renta
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: (Croatian),
 * Roman: (Croatian),


 * Dutch: (vol/half) pension
 * Finnish: matkakotimajoitus


 * Hungarian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: matkakoti, majatalo
 * German:
 * Greek: πανσιόν, οικοτροφείο


 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: pensjonat
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Dutch:, lijfrente


 * Greek:


 * : pensio
 * : (demi) pension

Verb

 * Dutch: pensioneren, een pensioen verlenen
 * French:


 * Greek: συνταξιοδοτώ


 * Dutch: pensioneren, met pensioen sturen
 * Finnish: siirtää eläkkeelle
 * German: pensionieren, in den Ruhestand versetzen


 * Greek: συνταξιοδοτώ
 * Hebrew: גמלה
 * Italian:

Noun

 * 1) A pension, boarding house
 * 2) A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
 * 3) The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals

Etymology
From pension, itself from  pensio "payment, rent", from pensus, the past participle of pendere "to weigh, pay"

Derived terms

 * pensionboerderij
 * pensiongast
 * pensionhouder
 * half pension
 * vol pension

Related terms

 * pensionaat
 * pensionair
 * pensionaris

Noun
pension



Noun

 * 1) A pension, regularly received payment
 * pension à taux plein
 * full pension
 * 1) A pension, boarding house
 * 2) A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
 * 3) board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)

Etymology
From pension "payment, rent", from  pensio "payment, rent", from pensus, the past participle of pendere "to weigh, pay"

Derived terms

 * demi-pension
 * pensionner
 * pensionnaire
 * pensionnat
 * pensionné
 * pension alimentaire
 * pension d'état
 * pension de retraite

Anagrams

 * épinons, peinons, pionnes

Noun

 * 1) pension, retirement
 * att gå i pension
 * to retire
 * 1) pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
 * 2) pension, accommodation

Related terms

 * ålderspension
 * folkpension
 * förtidspension
 * halvpension
 * helpension
 * pensionär
 * pensionat
 * pensionera
 * pensionsålder
 * pensionsfond
 * pensionskassa
 * pensionsutbetalning
 * premiepension
 * sjukpension
 * tilläggspension
 * tjänstepension
 * tjänstepension