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   pen·sion

   /ˈpenSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life.
   • ▪ a regular payment made by the government to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people. Similar annuitysuperannuationwelfare paymentallowancebenefitsupportwelfareassistance
   • ▪ a regular payment made to a royal favorite or to an artist or scholar to enable them to carry on work that is of public interest or value.

   verb

   • 1. dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension: "he was pensioned off from the army at the end of the war"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘payment, tax, regular sum paid to retain allegiance’): from Old French, from Latin pensio(n-) ‘payment’, from pendere ‘to pay’. The current verb sense dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pensionless adjective

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