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)
- 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
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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
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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
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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”).
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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 [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “pension”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (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
- → 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 edit
Declension of pension | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pension | pensionen | pensioner | pensionerna |
Genitive | pensions | pensionens | pensioners | pensionernas |
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See also edit
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Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.
Noun edit
pension f (invariable)