pension house

pension house

See also: pensionhouse

English

Alternative forms

• pensionhouse, pension-house

Etymology

From pension +‎ house.

Noun

pension house (plural pension houses)

1. A home for the elderly; an old folks' home.
   • 2007, Franco Alessandro Cavalleri, Our Common Future. 20 years after.:

     Nowadays, Consonno is inhabitated by the guests of an elders' pensionhouse and the only family who has survived the 1960's and 1970's relocation programs: a status of ghost town which has somewhat avoided a large health problem, […]

2. A lodging which is usually less exquisite and thus more affordable than a hotel.
   • 1884, John Murray, A Handbook for Travellers in France:

     There is, besides, the H. de Bains, in a garden by the riverside, the resort of persons drinking the waters of a mineral spring; it is a sort of Pensionhouse and Inn.