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Vinony

pension

noun

  1. type of guest house or boarding house
  2. retirement pension
L10909 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. grant/pay a retirement benefit to
L332478 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/ / /pɑnˈsjoʊn/ / /ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃/ / /ˈpɛnʃən/ / /ˈpɛnʃn̩/

noun

Etymology: From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.

  1. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.

    “A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not”

  2. A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.

  1. To grant a pension to.
  2. To force (someone) to retire on a pension.