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pension

[ pen-shuhn; French pahn-syawn ]

noun

plural pensions
  1. 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.

  2. an allowance, annuity, or subsidy.
  3. (in France and elsewhere in continental Europe)
    1. a boardinghouse or small hotel.
    2. room and board.


verb (used with object)

  1. to grant or pay a pension to.
  2. to cause to retire on a pension (usually followed by off ).

pension

1

/ 藞辫蓻苍蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a regular payment made by the state to people over a certain age to enable them to subsist without having to work
  2. a regular payment made by an employer to former employees after they retire
  3. a regular payment made to a retired person as the result of his or her contributions to a personal pension scheme
  4. any regular payment made on charitable grounds, by way of patronage, or in recognition of merit, service, etc

    a pension paid to a disabled soldier

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to grant a pension to
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pension

2

/ 辫蓱虄蝉箩蓴虄 /

noun

  1. a relatively cheap boarding house
  2. another name for full board
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pension

  1. Payments made to a retired person either by the government or by a former employer.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫别苍蝉颈辞苍补产濒别, adjective
  • 藞辫别苍蝉颈辞苍濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍路补路产濒测 adverb
  • 辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • non路辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • un路辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍路颈苍驳 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒顎-辫别苍顎僺颈辞苍别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pension1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English, from Old French 辫别苍蝉茂辞苍, from Latin 辫脓苍蝉颈艒苍-, stem of 辫脓苍蝉颈艒 鈥渕easured weight,鈥 hence, 鈥減ayment, rent,鈥 from 辫脓苍蝉(耻蝉) 鈥渨eighed鈥 (past participle of pendere 鈥渢o hang, weigh out, pay by weight鈥) + -颈艒 -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pension1

C14: via Old French from Latin 辫脓苍蝉颈艒 a payment, from pendere to pay

Origin of pension2

C17: French; extended meaning of pension grant; see pension 1
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The research also found that at least 1,472 quango staff received over 拢100,000 in total remuneration, which included salary, expenses and pension benefits.

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The Met confirmed earlier this year that 29 officers and staff were on special vetting leave receiving full pay and pension.

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The unfunded tax cuts announced then spooked investors, who dumped UK government bonds, resulting in the Bank of England stepping in to buy bonds to save pension funds from collapse.

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Mrs O'Neil says she has been hit by the Winter Fuel Payment cuts and Labour rejecting any compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age.

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On Wednesday, workers had joined a weekly protest staged by pensioners who have seen their pension funds slashed.

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