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pension

2 entries found.


Main Entry:
1pen·sion 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈpen(t)-shən\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pension-, pensio, from pendere to pay — more at pendant
Date:
14th century
1 \ˈpen(t)-shən\ : a fixed sum paid regularly to a person: aarchaic : wage b: a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a favor or reward c: one paid under given conditions to a person following retirement from service or to surviving dependents 2 \päⁿs-ˈyōⁿ\ [French, from Middle French] a: accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse : room and board balso pen·sio·ne 
          Listen to the pronunciation of pensione \pen(t)-ˈsyō-(ˌ)nā\ [pensione, from Italian] : a hotel or boardinghouse especially in continental Europe
pen·sion·less 
          Listen to the pronunciation of pensionless \ˈpen(t)-shən-ləs\ adjective


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