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Noun: pension  pen-shun
  1. A regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
Verb: pension  pen-shun
  1. Grant a pension to
    - pension off
Noun: pension[2]  poÑ'syoÑ
  1. (in Europe) a boarding house or small hotel
    "A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel"

Derived forms: pensioning, pensions, pensioned

Type of: award, grant, regular payment

Encyclopedia: Pension, Ecclesiastical