- pension⇄adj. of or having to do with a pension.
Ex. a pension plan, pension rolls. - pension⇄expr. pension off, to retire from service with a pension.
Ex. You have taken it into your head that I mean to pension you off (Dickens). - pension⇄noun 1. a regular payment to a person of a specified sum of money which is not wages. Pensions are often paid because of long service, special merit, or injuries received.
Ex. A man or woman who makes the armed forces a career may retire with a pen - pension⇄pension (1), noun, verb, adjective.
- pension⇄pension (2), noun.
(French.)
1. a boarding house or boarding school in France and other parts of Continental Europe.
Ex. In the tiny village of Trisenberg, high up on the mountainside, I very much liked a small homely pension run by a f - pension⇄v.t. to give a pension to.
Ex. The Army pensioned the soldier for his years of loyal service.