pensions

Noun (1)

pension (plural pensions)

1. 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

2. (obsolete) A wage or fee.
3. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.

   Synonyms:

   rent

4. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
5. (historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.

Noun (2)

pension (plural pensions)

1. 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

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