noun, verb-see also PENSION
noun an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to sb who is considered to be too old or too ill to work:
to receive an old-age / a retirement pension * a disability / widow's pension * a state pension * to live on a pension * to take out a personal / private pension * a pension fund
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
pension sb off (especially BrE) [usuallypassive] to allow or force sb to RETIRE (= leave their job and stop regular work) and to pay them a pension:
He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man. * (informal, figurative) That car of yours should have been pensioned off years ago.
Part of speech: noun
(from French) a small, usually cheap, hotel in some European countries, especially France
seealsoPENSION
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