pension
sustantivoverbosustantivocorriente en diálogos
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- Estados Unidos//ˈpɛnʃən//
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- Estados Unidos//ˈpɪnʃən//
- Estados Unidos/[ˈpɪnʃn̩]/
- Estados Unidos//pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃//
An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
sustantivo
- 1
An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
- 2
obsoletoA wage or fee.
- 3
obsoletoA charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
- 4
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- 5
históricoA regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
Etimología
From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.
verbo
- 1
To grant a pension to.
- 2
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
sustantivo
- 1
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not
- 2
obsoletoA boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Etimología
From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.
Formas
- plural
- pensions
- pasado
- pensioned
- participio
- pensioned
- gerundio
- pensioning
- 3.ª persona del singular
- pensions
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