pension

Definitions

• 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.
• A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
• (obsolete) A wage or fee.
• (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
• A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
• (now) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
• (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.