FromMiddle English pencioun ,pensioun , fromAnglo-Norman pencione ,Old French pencion , and their source,Latin pēnsiō ( “ payment, weight, rent, compensation ” ) , from the participle stem ofpendō ( “ to weigh ” ) .
pension (plural pensions )
( finance ) Anannuity paid regularly asbenefit due to a retiredemployee ,serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.[from 16th c.] Many old people depend on theirpension to pay the bills.
( obsolete ) Awage orfee .[14th–19th c.] ( obsolete ) Acharge orexpense of some kind; atax .[14th–17th c.] A sum paid to aclergyman in place oftithes . ( now historical ) A regularallowance paid to support a royal favourite, or aspatronage of an artist or scholar.[from 16th c.] ( UK retirement schemes ) : AVC ,buyout policy ,FSAVC ,GPP ,GSHP ,GSIPP ,personal pension ,retirement annuity contract ,S2P ,SERPS ,SIPP ,SSAS ,stakeholder pension regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
Arabic:مَعَاش m ( maʕāš ) Egyptian Arabic:معاش m ( maʕāš ) Armenian:թոշակ (hy) ( tʻošak ) ,կենսաթոշակ (hy) ( kensatʻošak ) Azerbaijani:pensiya ,təqaüd (az) Bashkir:хаҡлы ял ( xaqlı yal ) Belarusian:пе́нсія f ( pjénsija ) ,пэ́нсія f ( pénsija ) Bengali:পেনশন (bn) ( penośon ) ,অবসরভাতা (bn) ( obśorbhata ) Bulgarian:пе́нсия f ( pénsija ) Burmese:ပင်စင် (my) ( pangcang ) Catalan:pensió (ca) f Central Melanau:pencen Chinese:Mandarin:養老金 / 养老金 (zh) ( yǎnglǎojīn ) ,退休金 (zh) ( tuìxiūjīn ) ,年金 (zh) ( niánjīn ) Czech:důchod (cs) m ,penze (cs) f Danish:pension c Dutch:pensioen (nl) n ,pension (nl) n Esperanto:pensio (eo) Estonian:pension (et) Faroese:eftirløn f Finnish:eläke (fi) French:pension (fr) f ,retraite (fr) f Georgian:პენსია ( ṗensia ) German:Pension (de) f ( public service ) ,Rente (de) f Greek:σύνταξη (el) f ( sýntaxi ) Gujarati:બેઠો પગાર m ( beṭho pagār ) ,નિવૃત્તિવેતન n ( nivŕttivetan ) ,વિશ્રામવેતન n ( viśrāmvetan ) ,વાર્ધક્યવૃત્તિ f ( vārdhakyavŕtti ) ,જરાજીવિકા f ( jarājīvikā ) ,પેન્શન n ( penśan ) ,જરાવેતન m ( jarāvetan ) ,વૃદ્ધવૃત્તિ f ( vŕddhavŕtti ) ,ભૃતકસહાય f ( bhŕtkashāya ) Hebrew:פֶּנְסִיָּה (he) f ( pénsya ) Hindi:पेंशन (hi) f ( penśan ) Hungarian:nyugdíj (hu) Indonesian:pensiun (id) Irish:pinsean Italian:pensione (it) f ,assegno (it) m Japanese:年金 (ja) ( ねんきん, nenkin ) Kazakh:зейнетақы ( zeinetaqy ) Khmer:សោធន (km) ( saothŭən ) Korean:연금(年金) (ko) ( yeon'geum ) ,년금(年金) (ko) ( nyeon'geum ) ( North Korea ) Kyrgyz:бааракы ( baarakı ) ,пенсия ( pensiya ) Lao:ບຳນານ ( bam nān ) Latin:annuum n Latvian:pensija f Lithuanian:pensija f Macedonian:пензија f ( penzija ) Malay:pencen ( Malay Peninsular ) ,pensiun ( Riau Islands ) Malayalam:പെൻഷൻ ( peṉṣaṉ ) ,അടുത്തൂൺ (ml) ( aṭuttūṇ ) Maori:penihana Mongolian:Cyrillic:сул цалин ( sul calin ) ,тэтгэвэр (mn) ( tetgever ) Norwegian:pensjon (no) m Ottoman Turkish:اوتراق ( ōturāq ) Pashto:تقاعد (ps) m ( taqā'ód ) Persian:Iranian Persian:مُسْتَمِرّی (fa) ( mostamerri ) ,حُقوقِ بازْنِشَسْتِگی ( hoġuġ-e bâznešastegi ) Polish:emerytura (pl) f Portuguese:pensão (pt) f ,aposentadoria (pt) f Romanian:pensie (ro) f Russian:пе́нсия (ru) f ( pénsija ) ,посо́бие (ru) n ( posóbije ) ( gratuity, benefit ) Scottish Gaelic:peinnsean m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:миро̀вина f (Croatian),пе́нзија f Roman:miròvina (sh) f (Croatian),pénzija (sh) f Silesian:pynzyjo f Slovak:dôchodok m ,penzia f Slovene:pokojnina f Spanish:pensión (es) f Swedish:pension (sv) c Tajik:нафака ( nafaka ) ,нафақа ( nafaqa ) Tamil:ஓய்வூதியம் (ta) ( ōyvūtiyam ) Thai:บำนาญ (th) ( bam-naan ) Turkish:emeklilik (tr) ,emekli maaşı (tr) Turkmen:pensiýa Ukrainian:пе́нсія f ( pénsija ) Urdu:پینْشَن f ( penśan ) Uyghur:نەپىقە ( nepiqe ) Uzbek:pensiya (uz) ,nafaqa (uz) Vietnamese:hưu bổng (vi) (休 俸 ),lương hưu (糧 休 ) Yoruba:owó ìfẹ̀yìntì
stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions ,present participle pensioning ,simple past and past participle pensioned )
( transitive ) Togrant a pension to.( transitive ) Toforce (someone) toretire on a pension. FromFrench pension , fromOld French pencion , as etymology 1 above.Doublet ofpensione .
pension (plural pensions )
Aboarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.[from 17th c.] ( obsolete ) Aboarding school inFrance ,Belgium ,Switzerland , etc.boarding house
Arabic:بَنْسِيُون m ( bansiyūn ) Egyptian Arabic:بنسيون m ( bansiyon ) Belarusian:пансіяна́т m ( pansijanát ) ,пансiён m ( pansijón ) Bulgarian:пансио́н (bg) m ( pansión ) Catalan:pensió (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:招待所 (zh) ( zhāodàisuǒ ) ,膳宿公寓 ( shànsù gōngyù ) Czech:penzion (cs) m Dutch:pension (nl) n Esperanto:pensiono Finnish:matkakoti ,majatalo (fi) French:pension (fr) f Georgian:პანსიონატი ( ṗansionaṭi ) ,პანსიონი ( ṗansioni ) German:Pension (de) f Greek:πανσιόν (el) f ( pansión ) ,οικοτροφείο (el) n ( oikotrofeío ) Hungarian:panzió (hu) Italian:pensione (it) f Japanese:ペンション (ja) ( penshon ) ,寄宿舎 (ja) ( きしゅくしゃ, kishukusha ) ,下宿屋 ( げしゅくや, geshakuya ) Korean:펜션 ( pensyeon ) ,하숙집 (ko) ( hasukjip ) Macedonian:пансио́н m ( pansión ) Norwegian:pensjonat (no) n Polish:pensjonat (pl) m Portuguese:pensão (pt) f Russian:пансиона́т (ru) m ( pansionát ) ,пансио́н (ru) m ( pansión ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:пансѝо̄н m Roman:pansìōn (sh) m Slovak:penzión m Slovene:penzion m Spanish:pensión (es) f Swedish:pensionat (sv) n Thai:หอพัก ( hɔ̌ɔ-pák ) Ukrainian:пансіона́т m ( pansionát ) ,пансіо́н m ( pansión )
FromFrench pension , fromLatin pensio .
pension c (singular definite pensionen ,plural indefinite pensioner )
apension ,boarding house pension, periodicpayments from a retirementfund lodging andmeals that is provided by such placesBorrowed fromFrench pension , itself fromLatin pensio ( “ payment, rent ” ) , frompensus , the past participle ofpendere ( “ to weigh, pay ” ) .
pension n (plural pensions ,diminutive pensionnetje n )
apension ,boarding house a regularly madepayment , asadmission to certain boarding establishments the services such establishment provides, notablylodging and somemeals pension
accusative singular ofpensio Ultimately fromLatin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem .
pension (genitive pensioni ,partitive pensioni or pensionit )
pension riiklik pension ―state pension “pension ”, in[ EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language ] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009 “pension ”, in[ÕS]Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary ] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2018 ,→ISBN pension inSõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)Inherited fromOld French pension ,panssion , borrowed fromLatin pēnsiōnem ( “ payment, rent ” ) , frompensus , the past participle ofpendō ( “ weigh, pay ” ) .
pension f (plural pensions )
apension , regularly received paymentpension à taux plein full pension a pension,boarding house a regularly madepayment , asadmission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools) board ; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)pension
alternative form ofpencioun pension oblique singular , f (oblique plural pensions ,nominative singular pension ,nominative plural pensions )
alternative form ofpanssion Borrowed fromFrench pension .
pension n (plural pensioane )
boarding school pension c
retirement (from work)se fram emotpensionen look forward toretirement pension , periodicpayments from a retirementfund Hon får 20 000 kronor ipension före skatt She receives a [monthly implied] pre-taxpension of 20,000 kronor (literally, “She gets 20,000 kronor inpension before tax ”) pension (a type ofaccommodation )Borrowed fromLatin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem . CompareItalian pensione .
pension f (invariable )
pension