Word Meaning

pension definition and meaning

n. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
n. 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.
n. A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
n. A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
v. t. 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.

Crossword clues for pension

- Annuity
- Annuity for past workers
- Retired person's payment
- Retirement allowance
- Specified age payment