pension

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See also: Pension, and pensión

English

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Etymology 1

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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).

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  • enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA(key): /ˈpɛnʃən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnʃən

Noun

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pension (plural pensions)

  1. (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.
  2. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th–19th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th–17th c.]
  4. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
  5. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
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  • Irish: pinsean
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Verb

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pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned)

  1. (transitive) To grant a pension to.
  2. (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
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Etymology 2

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From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.

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pension (plural pensions)

  1. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (payment, rent), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (to weigh, pay).

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pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)

  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

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Esperanto

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pension

  1. accusative singular of pensio

Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.

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Noun

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pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)

  1. pension
    riiklik pensionstate pension

Declension

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Declension of pension (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
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)
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

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem (payment, rent), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (weigh, pay).

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pension f (plural pensions)

  1. a pension, regularly received payment
    pension à taux plein
    full pension
  2. a pension, boarding house
  3. a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
  4. board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)

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Middle English

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pension

  1. Alternative form of pencioun

Old French

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pension oblique singularf (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)

  1. Alternative form of panssion

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pension.

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pension n (plural pensioane)

  1. boarding school

Declension

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pension c

  1. pension, retirement
    att gå i pension
    to retire
  2. pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
  3. pension (a type of accommodation)

Declension

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Venetan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.

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pension f (invariable)

  1. pension