Pension Meaning
/ˈpɛnʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn 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.
nounA wage or fee.
Sentence Examples
The company gave him a large enough pension to live on.
It's hard for him to live on his small pension.
You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After working for 40 years, my grandfather finally retired and started receiving a monthly ____ from the company.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She contributed to her workplace ____ scheme for thirty years and retired with a comfortable income.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not"
— 1978, John Irving, The World According to Garp:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After working for 40 years, my grandfather finally retired and started receiving a monthly ____ from the company.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She contributed to her workplace ____ scheme for thirty years and retired with a comfortable income.