pensions

Meaning of pensions

noun
  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. 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 (John Irving).
  3. A wage or fee.
  4. A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
  5. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
  6. A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
  7. A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
verb
  1. To grant a pension to.
  2. To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

Information about pensions

  • The singular form of pensions is: pension.
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Hyphenation of pensions

pen-sions

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • pensions is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

pensions synonyms

Meaning :

hostel, hotel, rent, superannuation

Anagrams of pensions

snipnose

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