Etymology

Recorded since 1362 from , from , from , the past participle of

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

2. A wage in active service
3. A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
4. Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
5. 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).

Verb

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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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