pension
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension (plural pensions)
- (finance) 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. [from 16th c.]
- Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
- (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th–17th c.]
- A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms
[edit]- (regularly paid gratuity): superannuation
- (payment for accommodations): rent
Hyponyms
[edit]- (UK retirement schemes): AVC, buyout policy, FSAVC, GPP, GSHP, GSIPP, personal pension, retirement annuity contract, S2P, SERPS, SIPP, SSAS, stakeholder pension
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Irish: pinsean
Translations
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Verb
[edit]pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned)
- (transitive) To grant a pension to.
- (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to force to retire): pension off
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
[edit]From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/, /pɑnˈsjoʊn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Noun
[edit]pension (plural pensions)
- A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
- 1978, John Irving, The World According to Garp:
- A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not
- (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Synonyms
[edit]- hotel, hostel, (informal) bed and breakfast, See Thesaurus: lodging place
Hyponyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]- inn, motel, hotel, board, half-board, full-board
Translations
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Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)
- a pension, boarding house
- a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
- the services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- pensionaat n
- pensionair m
- pensionaris m
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: pènsiun
Esperanto
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension
- accusative singular of pensio
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)
Declension
[edit]Declension of pension (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | pension | pensionid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | pensioni | ||
genitive | pensionide | ||
partitive | pensioni | pensione pensionisid | |
illative | pensioni pensionisse |
pensionidesse pensionesse | |
inessive | pensionis | pensionides pensiones | |
elative | pensionist | pensionidest pensionest | |
allative | pensionile | pensionidele pensionele | |
adessive | pensionil | pensionidel pensionel | |
ablative | pensionilt | pensionidelt pensionelt | |
translative | pensioniks | pensionideks pensioneks | |
terminative | pensionini | pensionideni | |
essive | pensionina | pensionidena | |
abessive | pensionita | pensionideta | |
comitative | pensioniga | pensionidega |
Declension of pension (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | pension | pensionid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | pensioni | ||
genitive | pensionite | ||
partitive | pensionit | pensioneid | |
illative | pensionisse | pensionitesse pensioneisse | |
inessive | pensionis | pensionites pensioneis | |
elative | pensionist | pensionitest pensioneist | |
allative | pensionile | pensionitele pensioneile | |
adessive | pensionil | pensionitel pensioneil | |
ablative | pensionilt | pensionitelt pensioneilt | |
translative | pensioniks | pensioniteks pensioneiks | |
terminative | pensionini | pensioniteni | |
essive | pensionina | pensionitena | |
abessive | pensionita | pensioniteta | |
comitative | pensioniga | pensionitega |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pension”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “pension”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- pension in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension f (plural pensions)
- a pension, regularly received payment
- pension à taux plein
- full pension
- a pension, boarding house
- a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
- board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)
Derived terms
[edit]- demi-pension
- fonds de pension
- pension alimentaire
- pensionner
- pensionnaire m
- pensionnat m
- pensionné m
- pension alimentaire
- pension d’état
- pension de retraite
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: pansyon
- → Belarusian: пансiён (pansijón), пансыён (pansyjón)
- → Bulgarian: пансион (pansion)
- → German: Pension
- → Greek: πανσιόν (pansión)
- → Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پانسیون
- Turkish: pansiyon
- → Romanian: pension
- → Russian: пансио́н (pansión)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión)
Further reading
[edit]- “pension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension
- Alternative form of pencioun
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension oblique singular, f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)
- Alternative form of panssion
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension n (plural pensioane)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pension | pensionul | (niște) pensioane | pensioanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pension | pensionului | (unor) pensioane | pensioanelor |
vocative | pensionule | pensioanelor |
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pension c
- pension, retirement
- att gå i pension
- to retire
- pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
- pension (a type of accommodation)
Declension
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[edit]Venetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.
Noun
[edit]pension f (invariable)
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pend-
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- en:Housing
- en:Insurance
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