pension
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editNoun
editpension (plural pensions)
- (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.
- (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
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Irish: pinsean
Translations
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Verb
editpension (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
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editpension (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
editCoordinate terms
edit- inn, motel, hotel, board, half-board, full-board
Translations
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Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editpension 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
editRelated terms
edit- pensionaat n
- pensionair m
- pensionaris m
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: pènsiun
Esperanto
editNoun
editpension
- accusative singular of pensio
Estonian
editEtymology
editUltimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)
Declension
editDeclension 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
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpension 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- Haitian Creole: pansyon
- → 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
editMiddle English
editNoun
editpension
- Alternative form of pencioun
Old French
editNoun
editpension oblique singular, f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)
- Alternative form of panssion
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editpension n (plural pensioane)
Declension
editsingular | 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpension c
- pension, retirement
- att gå i pension
- to retire
- pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
- pension (a type of accommodation)
Declension
editDeclension of pension | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pension | pensionen | pensioner | pensionerna |
Genitive | pensions | pensionens | pensioners | pensionernas |
Related terms
editSee also
editAnagrams
editVenetian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.
Noun
editpension f (invariable)
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pend-
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- Rhymes:English/əʊn
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