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pension

/ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/
noun
  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."

  2. 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 not (John Irving)."

  3. A wage or fee.

Synonymsbed and breakfast, hostel, hotel, rent, superannuation
verb
  1. To grant a pension to.

  2. To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Synonymspension off

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