Meaning Of The Word Pension

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What's The Definition Of Pension?

pension
countable noun: Someone who has a pension receives a regular sum of money from the state or from a former employer because they have retired or because they are widowed or have a disability.

pension in American English
noun: a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc
transitive verb: to grant or pay a pension to

pension in British English 1
noun: a regular payment made by the state to people over a certain age to enable them to subsist without having to work
verb: to grant a pension to

pension in British English 2
noun: a relatively cheap boarding house

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