Words Like PENSION
We have put together a list of words that are similar to PENSION.
3 Alternative Words Similar to pension
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Superannuation
Noun Hyponym
10 definitions of pension
1
A payment; a sum paid; expenditure; specifically, in the English inns of court, a small annual charge (5s. 4d.) upon each member.
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A stated payment to a person in consideration of the past services of himself or of some kinsman or ancestor; periodical payment made to a person retired from service on account of age or other disability; especially, a yearly sum granted by a government to retired public officers, to soldiers or sailors who have served a certain number of years or have been wounded, to the families of soldiers or sailors killed or disabled, or to meritorious authors, artists, and others.
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In English ecclesiastical law, a sum of money paid to a clergyman or church in lieu of tithes.
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An assembly of the members or benchers of Gray's Inn to consult about the affairs of the society; also, a similar assembly in Barnard's Inn. Also spelled pention.
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(F. pron. poṅ-sioṅ′ ). A boarding-house or a boarding-school, especially on the Continent.
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To grant a pension to: as, to pension soldiers; to pension an old servant.
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To lodge; be boarded. Compare pension, n.
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A regularly paid gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services; notably to one retired from service, on account of retirement age, disability or similar cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers; sometimes passed on to the heirs, or even specifically for them, as to the families of soldiers killed in service.
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A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
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Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.