单词 | pension |
释义 | pension —pensionable, adj. —pensionably, adv. —pensionless, adj. /pen"sheuhn/; Fr. /pahonn syawonn"/ for 3, n. , pl. pensions /-sheuhnz/; Fr. /-syawonn"/ for 3, v. n. 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) a. a boardinghouse or small hotel. b. room and board. v.t. 4. to grant or pay a pension to. 5. to cause to retire on a pension (usually fol. by off). [1325-75; ME ( < OF pensïon) < L pension- (s. of pensio) a weighing out, hence, a paying out, installment paying, equiv. to pens(us) (ptp. of pendere to weigh out, pay by weight, equiv. to pend- v. s. + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s) + -ion- -ION] |
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