pension

nounbenefits paid after retirement

Synonyms for pension

noun benefits paid after retirement

allowances

noun. amount of money or other supply

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "payment for services," especially "reward, payment out of a benefice" (early 14c., in Anglo-Latin), from Old French pension "payment, rent" (13c.) and directly from Latin pensionem (nominative pensio) "a payment, installment, rent," from past participle stem of pendere "pay, weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "regular payment in consideration of past service" first recorded 1520s. Meaning "boarding house, boarding school" first attested 1640s, from French, and usually in reference to places in France or elsewhere on the Continent.

Example Sentences for pension

The practical result of the Ode was a pension of 200 a year conferred on him by Queen Anne.

I had no thought of this pension, at all, in coming up to town.

This was the last I had seen of my ticket, and almost the last I had thought of my pension.

Sir William's pension of L1200 a year ceased with his death.

He's got one eye out; lost it lookin' fer a pension, I believe.

In his later years a pension of two hundred pounds was granted him.

Why, I've got nothing but my pension and three thousand India stock!

Burke's quarrel with Hamilton ended in his resigning his pension.

The king and court would see him and hear his story, and gave him a pension.

Was in the army long enough to get a pension of ninepence a day.

pension

Synonyms for pension

allowances

dismiss

dismisses

dismissing

endowment

pension

Synonyms .css-1u0ksf7{color:#d9d9d9;}for pension

More words related to pension

.css-1unrqcp{color:inherit;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}allowance

allowances

dismiss

dismisses

dismissing

endowment

Synonyms for pension

allowance