pension
UK/ˈpɛnʃən//ˈpɪnʃən/
pension noun: 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.
Noun (1)
pension (plural pensions)
- 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.
- Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
- Synonyms:
- superannuation
- A wage or fee.
- A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
- Synonyms:
- rent
- A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
Verb
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned)
- To grant a pension to.
- To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
- Synonyms:
- pension off
Noun (2)
US/pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/UK/ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/
pension (plural pensions)
- A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
- A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not1978, John Irving, The World According to Garp
- A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
pension meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pension in Hindi
- regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
- पेंशन penśan
- stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
- अनुवृत्ति anuvŕtti
pension in Tamil
- regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
- ஓய்வூதியம் ōyvūtiyam
pension in Marathi
- निवृत्तीवेतन, निवृत्ती वेतन
pension in Urdu
- regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
- پینْشَن penśan
More languagesFewer languages
- pension in Bengali
- পেনশন penośon, অবসরভাতা obśorbhata
- pension in Telugu
- పింఛను, పెన్షన్, పింఛన్
- pension in Malayalam
- പെൻഷൻ peṉṣaṉ, അടുത്തൂൺ aṭuttūṇ
- pension in Kannada
- ಪಿಂಚಣಿ, ನಿವೃತ್ತಿ ವೇತನ, ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ವೇತನ, ಬಿಡುವುಸಂಬಳ
- pension in Punjabi
- برات barāt
- pension in Gujarati
- બેઠો પગાર beṭho pagār, નિવૃત્તિવેતન nivŕttivetan, વિશ્રામવેતન viśrāmvetan, વાર્ધક્યવૃત્તિ vārdhakyavŕtti
- pension in Odia
- ପେନସନ, ପେନସନ୍, ପେନ୍ସନ୍
- pension in Nepali
- पेन्सन, पेनसन, पेन्सन्
- pension in Pashto
- تقاعد taqā'ód
- pension in Arabic
- مَعَاش maʕāš, بَنْسِيُون bansiyūn
- pension in Malay
- pencen, pensiun
- pension in Indonesian
- pensiun
- pension in Thai
- บำนาญ bam-naan, หอพัก hɔ̌ɔ-pák
- pension in Vietnamese
- hưu bổng, lương hưu
- pension in Myanmar
- ပင်စင် pangcang
Examples of pension in a sentence
- The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.
- The old man eked out his pension by selling vegetables from his garden.
- When he retired, he received a lump sum plus a pension.
Synonyms of pension
- superannuation
- rent
- pension off
- hotel
- hostel
- bed and breakfast
- lodging place
Forms of pension
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pensions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pensions |
| present participle | pensioning |
| past participle | pensioned |
| past | pensioned |
Origin of pension
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.
From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.
Words formed from pension
Phrases with pension
Words that rhyme with pension
- dimension
- intention
- tension
- indention
- intervention
- recension
- condescension
- descension
- gentian
- mention
- resuspension
- advention
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Questions about pension
- What does pension mean?
- Pension means 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.
- What is pension in Hindi?
- Pension in Hindi is पेंशन (penśan), अनुवृत्ति (anuvŕtti). See Pension meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pension?
- Pension can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pension?
- Pension is pronounced /ˈpɛnʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pension?
- The plural of pension is pensions.
Words near pension in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pension (page history and authors); pension (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pension (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pension (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); برات (Punjabi) (page history and authors); pension (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pension (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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