| Pension (pension) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pen"sion |
| [F., fr. L.
pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere, pensum, to
weight, to pay; akin to pend(?)re to hang. See Pendant,
and cf. Spend.] |
A payment; a tribute;
something paid or given.
A stated allowance to a person in
consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from
service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a
regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers,
disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to
meritorious authors, or the like.
A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman
in lieu of tithes.
A boarding house or
boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
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| Pension (pension) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Pen"sion |
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To grant a pension to] to pay a regular
stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; --
sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a
servant.
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