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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pension  \Pen"sion\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  pensio  a  paying,  payment,  fr 
  pendere,  pensum  to  weight,  to  pay  akin  to  pend?re  to  hang. 
  See  {Pendant},  and  cf  {Spend}.] 
  1.  A  payment;  a  tribute;  something  paid  or  given  [Obs.] 
 
  The  stomach's  pension,  and  the  time's  expense. 
  --Sylvester. 
 
  2.  A  stated  allowance  to  a  person  in  consideration  of  past 
  services;  payment  made  to  one  retired  from  service,  on 
  account  of  age,  disability,  or  other  cause  especially,  a 
  regular  stipend  paid  by  a  government  to  retired  public 
  officers,  disabled  soldiers,  the  families  of  soldiers 
  killed  in  service,  or  to  meritorious  authors,  or  the  like 
 
  To  all  that  kept  the  city  pensions  and  wages.  --1 
  Esd.  iv  56. 
 
  3.  A  certain  sum  of  money  paid  to  a  clergyman  in  lieu  of 
  tithes.  [Eng.]  --Mozley  &  W. 
 
  4.  [F.,  pronounced  ?.]  A  boarding  house  or  boarding  school  in 
  France,  Belgium,  Switzerland,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pension  \Pen"sion\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pensioned};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Pensioning}.] 
  To  grant  a  pension  to  to  pay  a  regular  stipend  to  in 
  consideration  of  service  already  performed;  --  sometimes 
  followed  by  off  as  to  pension  off  a  servant. 
 
  One  knighted  Blackmore  and  one  pensioned  Quarles 
  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pension 
  n  :  a  monthly  payment  to  someone  who  is  retired  from  work  [syn: 
  {retirement  check},  {retirement  benefit},  {retirement 
  fund}] 
  v  :  grant  a  pension  to  [syn:  {pension  off}] 




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