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pension

pen·sion

UK/ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/ US/pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a regular payment to a person that iis intended to allow them to subsist without working

verb

1.

grant a pension to

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • full pension
  • old age pension
  • pension book
  • pension fund
  • pension house
  • pension plan
  • preserved pension
  • top-hat pension

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