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- [pen-shuh n; French pahn-syawn for 3]
- /ˈpɛn ʃən; French pɑ̃ˈsyɔ̃ for 3 /
- /ˈpenʃn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pen-shuh n; French pahn-syawn for 3]
- /ˈpɛn ʃən; French pɑ̃ˈsyɔ̃ for 3 /
Definitions of pension word
- noun plural pension 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. 1
- noun plural pension an allowance, annuity, or subsidy. 1
- noun plural pension a boardinghouse or small hotel. room and board. 1
- verb with object pension to grant or pay a pension to. 1
- verb with object pension to cause to retire on a pension (usually followed by off). 1
- noun pension retirement money 1
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Origin of pension
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English (< Old French pensïon) < Latin pēnsiōn- (stem of pēnsiō) a weighing out, hence, a paying out, installment paying, equivalent to pēns(us) (past participle of pendere to weigh out, pay by weight, equivalent to pend- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s) + -iōn- -ion
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Parts of speech for Pension
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pension popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pension usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pension
noun pension
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- amortization — the process of amortizing a debt
- annuity — An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- defrayment — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
verb pension
- boot out — If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
- defrock — If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
- deselect — (of a constituency organization) to refuse to select (an existing MP) for re-election
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
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