pension
pen-sion · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A regular payment made to a person who has retired from work, typically from a fund contributed to by both the employee and employer during their working life.
- 2.
A regular payment made by a government to people who have reached retirement age or to disabled citizens.
- 3.
(verb) To grant a pension to someone; to dismiss or retire with a pension.
Forms
plural: pensions
Related words
Etymology
From Old French pension, from Latin pensio meaning "payment," from pendere "to pay, weigh."