pension

pen-sion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 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. 2.

    A regular payment made by a government to people who have reached retirement age or to disabled citizens.

  3. 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."