pension

See also: Pension and pensión

English

Etymology

From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendere (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: pĕn'shən, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnʃən

Noun

pension (plural pensions)

An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]
Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
- 1978, John Irving, The World According to Garp:
  A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not
(obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th–19th c.]
(obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th–17th c.]
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
(now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

Synonyms

(regularly paid gratuity): superannuation
(boarding house): hotel, hostel, (informal) bed and breakfast, See Thesaurus: lodging place
(payment for accommodations): rent

Hyponyms

(UK retirement schemes): AVC, buyout policy, FSAVC, GPP, GSHP, GSIPP, personal pension, retirement annuity contract, S2P, SERPS, SIPP, SSAS, stakeholder pension
(boarding house): bed-and-breakfast, half-pension, full-pension

Coordinate terms

(boarding house): inn, motel, hotel, board, half-board, full-board

Derived terms

terms derived from pension (noun)

full pension
old age pension
pensionary
pensioner
pension fund
pensionless

Translations

regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services

Arabic: مَعَاش‎ m (maʿāš)
Egyptian Arabic: معاش‎ m (maʿāš)
Armenian: թոշակ (hy) (tʿošak)
Azerbaijani: pensiya, təqaüd (az)
Belarusian: пе́нсія f (pjénsija), пэ́нсія f (pénsija)
Bengali: পেনশন (penôśônô)
Bulgarian: пе́нсия f (pénsija)
Burmese: ပင်စင် (my) (pangcang)
Catalan: pensió (ca) f
Central Melanau: pencen
Chinese:
Mandarin: 養老金／养老金 (zh) (yǎnglǎojīn), 退休金 (zh) (tuìxiūjīn), 年金 (zh) (niánjīn)
Czech: důchod (cs) m, penze (cs) f
Danish: pension c
Dutch: pensioen (nl) n, pension (nl) n
Esperanto: pensio (eo)
Estonian: pension (et)
Faroese: eftirløn f
Finnish: eläke (fi)
French: pension (fr) f, retraite (fr) f
Georgian: პენსია (ṗensia)
German: Pension (de) f (public service), Rente (de) f
Greek: σύνταξη (el) f (sýntaxi)
Hebrew: פֶּנְסִיָּה‎ (he) f (pénsya)
Hindi: पेंशन (hi) f (penśan)
Hungarian: nyugdíj (hu)
Indonesian: pensiun (id)
Irish: pinsean
Italian: pensione (it) f, assegno (it) m
Japanese: 年金 (ja) (ねんきん, nenkin)
Kazakh: зейнетақы (zeinetaqy)
Khmer: សោធន (km) (saothŭən)
Korean: 연금(年金) (ko) (yeon'geum), 년금(年金) (ko) (nyeon'geum) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: бааракы (baarakı), пенсия (pensiya)
Lao: ບຳນານ (bam nān)
Latin: annuum n
Latvian: pensija f
Lithuanian: pensija f
Macedonian: пензија f (penzija)
Malay: pencen
Malayalam: പെൻഷൻ (peṉṣaṉ), അടുത്തൂൺ (ml) (aṭuttūṇ)
Maori: penihana
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сул цалин (sul calin), тэтгэвэр (mn) (tetgever)
Norwegian: pensjon (no) m
Persian: مستمری‎ (fa) (mostamerri), حقوق بازنشستگی‎ (hoquq-e bâz-nešastegi)
Polish: emerytura (pl) f, renta (pl) f
Portuguese: pensão (pt) f
Romanian: pensie (ro) f
Russian: пе́нсия (ru) f (pénsija), посо́бие (ru) n (posóbije) (gratuity, benefit)
Scottish Gaelic: peinnsean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: миро̀вина f (Croatian), пе́нзија f
Roman: miròvina (sh) f (Croatian), pénzija (sh) f
Slovak: dôchodok m, penzia f
Slovene: pokojnina f
Spanish: pensión (es) f
Swedish: pension (sv) c
Tajik: нафака (nafaka), нафақа (nafaqa)
Tamil: ஓய்வூதியம் (ta) (ōyvūtiyam)
Thai: บำนาญ (th) (bam-naan)
Turkish: emeklilik (tr)
Turkmen: pensiýa
Ukrainian: пе́нсія f (pénsija)
Urdu: پینشن‎ f (penśan)
Uzbek: pensiya (uz), nafaqa (uz)
Vietnamese: hưu bổng (vi) (休俸), lương hưu (糧休)
Yoruba: owó ìfẹ̀yìntì

boarding house

Arabic: بَنْسِيُون‎ m (bansiyūn)
Egyptian Arabic: بنسيون‎ m (bansiyon)
Belarusian: пансіяна́т m (pansijanát), пансiён m (pansijón)
Bulgarian: пансио́н (bg) m (pansión)
Catalan: pensió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 招待所 (zh) (zhāodàisuǒ), 膳宿公寓 (zh) (shànsù gōngyù)
Czech: penzion (cs) m
Dutch: pension (nl) n
Esperanto: pensiono
Finnish: matkakoti, majatalo (fi)
French: pension (fr) f
Georgian: პანსიონატი (ṗansionaṭi), პანსიონი (ṗansioni)
German: Pension (de) f
Greek: πανσιόν (el) f (pansión), οικοτροφείο (el) n (oikotrofeío)
Hungarian: panzió (hu)
Italian: pensione (it) f
Japanese: ペンション (penshon), 寄宿舎 (ja) (きしゅくしゃ, kishukusha), 下宿屋 (げしゅくや, geshakuya)
Korean: 펜션 (pensyeon), 하숙집 (ko) (hasukjip)
Macedonian: пансио́н m (pansión)
Norwegian: pensjonat (no) n
Polish: pensjonat (pl) m
Portuguese: pensão (pt) f
Russian: пансиона́т (ru) m (pansionát), пансио́н (ru) m (pansión)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пансѝо̄н m
Roman: pansìōn (sh) m
Slovak: penzión m
Slovene: penzion m
Spanish: pensión (es) f
Thai: หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák)
Ukrainian: пансіона́т m (pansionát), пансіо́н m (pansión)

stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撫恤金／抚恤金 (zh) (fǔxùjīn)
Dutch: pensioen (nl) n, lijfrente (nl)
Finnish: määräraha (fi)
Greek: επίδομα (el) n (epídoma), επιχορήγηση (el) f (epichorígisi), επιδότηση (el) f (epidótisi)
Russian: посо́бие (ru) n (posóbije)

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French: ^{(please verify)} (demi) pension

Verb

pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned)(transitive)

(transitive) To grant a pension to.
(transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Synonyms

(to force to retire): pension off

Derived terms

pensionable

Translations

to grant a pension

Bulgarian: отпускам пенсия (otpuskam pensija)
Dutch: pensioneren (nl), een pensioen verlenen
Finnish: myöntää eläke
French: pensioner (fr), pensionner (fr)
Greek: συνταξιοδοτώ (el) (syntaxiodotó)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pensjonere
Nynorsk: pensjonere
Portuguese: pensionar
Spanish: pensionar (es)

to force to retire

Bulgarian: пенсионирам (pensioniram)
Dutch: pensioneren (nl), met pensioen sturen
Finnish: siirtää eläkkeelle
German: pensionieren (public service), in den Ruhestand versetzen
Greek: συνταξιοδοτώ (el) (syntaxiodotó)
Hebrew: גמלה‎ (he) (gimlah)
Italian: pensionare (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pensjonere
Nynorsk: pensjonere
Portuguese: aposentar (pt)

Anagrams

nosepin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)

A pension, boarding house
A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals

Derived terms

pensionboerderij
pensiongast m
pensionhouder m
half pension n
vol pension n

Related terms

pensionaat n
pensionair m
pensionaris m

Descendants

→ Indonesian: pènsiun

Esperanto

Noun

pension

accusative singular of pensio

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pˈenʲsion/

Noun

pension (genitive pensioni, partitive pensioni or pensionit)

pension
riiklikpension ― state pension

Declension

Inflection of pension (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	pension	pensionid
accusative	pensioni	pensionid
genitive	pensioni	pensionide
partitive	pensioni	pensione pensionisid
illative	pensioni pensionisse	pensionidesse pensionesse
inessive	pensionis	pensionides pensiones
elative	pensionist	pensionidest pensionest
allative	pensionile	pensionidele pensionele
adessive	pensionil	pensionidel pensionel
ablative	pensionilt	pensionidelt pensionelt
translative	pensioniks	pensionideks pensioneks
terminative	pensionini	pensionideni
essive	pensionina	pensionidena
abessive	pensionita	pensionideta
comitative	pensioniga	pensionidega

Inflection of pension (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	pension	pensionid
accusative	pensioni	pensionid
genitive	pensioni	pensionite
partitive	pensionit	pensioneid
illative	pensionisse	pensionitesse pensioneisse
inessive	pensionis	pensionites pensioneis
elative	pensionist	pensionitest pensioneist
allative	pensionile	pensionitele pensioneile
adessive	pensionil	pensionitel pensioneil
ablative	pensionilt	pensionitelt pensioneilt
translative	pensioniks	pensioniteks pensioneiks
terminative	pensionini	pensioniteni
essive	pensionina	pensionitena
abessive	pensionita	pensioniteta
comitative	pensioniga	pensionitega

Derived terms

pensioniiga
rahvapension
toitjakaotuspension
töövõimetuspension
vanaduspension

French

Etymology

From Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

pension f (plural pensions)

a pension, regularly received payment
pension à taux plein
full pension
a pension, boarding house
a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools)
board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)

Derived terms

demi-pension
fonds de pension
pension alimentaire
pensionner
pensionnaire m
pensionnat m
pensionné m
pension alimentaire
pension d'état
pension de retraite

Descendants

→ Belarusian: пансiён (pansijón), пансыён (pansyjón)
→ Bulgarian: пансион (pansion)
→ German: Pension
→ Greek: πανσιόν (pansión)
→ Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión)
→ Ottoman Turkish: پانسیون‎
- Turkish: pansiyon
→ Romanian: pension
→ Russian: пансио́н (pansión)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пансѝо̄н
Latin: pansìōn
→ Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión)

Anagrams

épinons, peinons, pionnes

Middle English

Noun

pension

Alternative form of pencioun

Old French

Noun

pension f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)

Alternative form of panssion

Romanian

Etymology

From French pension.

Noun

pension n (plural pensioane)

boarding school

Declension

Declension of pension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pension	pensionul	(niște) pensioane	pensioanele
genitive/dative	(unui) pension	pensionului	(unor) pensioane	pensioanelor
vocative	pensionule		pensioanelor

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /panˈɧuːn/
Audio (file)

Noun

pension c

pension, retirement
att gå i pension
to retire
pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
pension, accommodation

Declension

Declension of pension
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pension	pensionen	pensioner	pensionerna
Genitive	pensions	pensionens	pensioners	pensionernas

Related terms

folkpension
förtidspension
halvpension
helpension
pang
pensionat
pensionera
pensionsfond
pensionskassa
pensionsmässig
pensionsutbetalning
pensionsålder
pensionär
premiepension
sjukpension
tilläggspension
tjänstepension
ålderspension

Anagrams

pionens, spionen

Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem. Compare Italian pensione.

Noun

pension f (invariable)

pension

pension

English

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Noun

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Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Descendants

Esperanto

Noun

Estonian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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Middle English

Noun

Old French

Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

See also

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Venetian

Etymology

Noun