Meaning

7 senses
  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.

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

    Pension, Rente

    пе́нсияpénsija, посо́биеposóbije

    пе́нсіяpénsija

  2. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.

  3. (historical)A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.

    посо́биеposóbije, по́мощьpómoščʹ

    допомо́гаdopomóha

  4. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.

    Pension

    пансиона́тpansionát, пансио́нpansión

    пансіона́тpansionát, пансіо́нpansión

  5. (obsolete)A wage or fee.

  6. (obsolete)A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.

  7. (obsolete)A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

More definitions
  • a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

Examples

64 sentences
  1. The old man lives on his pension.

    Цей дідусь живе на свою пенсію.

    ruСтарик живёт на пенсию.

    deDer Alte lebt von seiner Rente.

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  2. She lives on a small pension.

    ruОна живёт на небольшую пенсию.

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  3. I'm sure Tom has a pension.

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  4. My grandfather is living on a pension.

    deMein Großvater lebt von einer Pension.

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  5. He has a pension to live on.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services:
stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy:
boarding house:
Русский
By meaning 3
regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services:
stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy:
boarding house:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services:

Origin

From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, an

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

From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.

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