pension
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pension1 /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/
▶noun a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people.
■ a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life.
■ chiefly historical a regular payment made to a royal favourite or to enable an artist or scholar to continue their work.
▶verb (pension someone off) dismiss someone from employment and pay them a pension.■ (pension something off) discard something that is unwanted or outdated.
– derivatives
pensionability noun,
pensionable adjective,
pensionless adjective.
pensionability noun,
pensionable adjective,
pensionless adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. pensio(n-) ‘payment’, from pendere ‘to pay’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pension2 /pɒ̃ˈsjɒ̃/
▶noun a small hotel or boarding house in France and other European countries.
– origin from Fr.
'pension' also found in these Oxford entries:
contributory
- corrody
- demi-pension
- en pension
- fixed income
- hyphen
- non-contributory
- old-age pension
- pensioner
- personal pension
- plan
- portable
- prebend
- retirement pension
- SERPS
- SIPP
- stakeholder pension
- superannuate
- superannuation
- war pension
