pension

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pension
ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people.
    E.g. men can draw a pension from the age of sixty-five
verb
  • dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension.
    E.g. he was pensioned off from the army after the war
noun
  • a small hotel or boarding house in France and other European countries.

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