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pension
[ pen-shuhn; French pahn-syawn ]
noun
- a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
a retirement pension.
- an allowance, annuity, or subsidy.
- (in France and elsewhere in continental Europe)
- a boardinghouse or small hotel.
- room and board.
verb (used with object)
- to grant or pay a pension to.
- to cause to retire on a pension (usually followed by off ).
pension
1/ ˈɛʃə /
noun
- a regular payment made by the state to people over a certain age to enable them to subsist without having to work
- a regular payment made by an employer to former employees after they retire
- a regular payment made to a retired person as the result of his or her contributions to a personal pension scheme
- any regular payment made on charitable grounds, by way of patronage, or in recognition of merit, service, etc
a pension paid to a disabled soldier
verb
- tr to grant a pension to
pension
2/ ɑ̃ɔ̃ /
noun
- a relatively cheap boarding house
- another name for full board
pension
- Payments made to a retired person either by the government or by a former employer.
Derived Forms
- ˈԲDzԲ, adjective
- ˈԲDzԱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- sDz·· adjective
- sDz·· adverb
- sDz· adjective
- non·sDz·· adjective
- un·sDz·· adjective
- ܲ·sDzԱ adjective
- ܲ·sDz·Բ adjective
- ɱ-sDzԱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pension1
Origin of pension2
Example Sentences
While many people own stocks and shares directly, most people's exposure to stock markets come through their pension plans.
Millions of people have been automatically enrolled into a pension and may have not really noticed.
Robert Jones, from Cardiff, asks Kevin Peachy, Cost of living correspondent, about the impact of tariffs on our pension investments.
Dear Liz: My husband worked for the postal service for over 30 years and retired with a pension.
The difference between the effectiveness of the two countries’ government pension programs can be measured by comparing their poverty rates for residents ages 65 and over.
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