/ English Dictionary

PENSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("pension" is a kind of...):

regular payment (a payment made at regular times)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pension"):

old-age pension; retirement benefit; retirement check; retirement fund; retirement pension; superannuation (a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work)

Derivation:

pension (grant a pension to)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grant a pension to

Synonyms:

pension; pension off

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "pension" is one way to...):

award; grant (give as judged due or on the basis of merit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

pension (a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working)

pensionary; pensioner (the beneficiary of a pension fund)

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