单词 | pension |
释义 | Word Frequency pension 1(ˈpɛnʃən) noun 1. a regular payment made by the state to people over a certain age to enable them to subsist without having to work 2. a regular payment made by an employer to former employees after they retire 3. a regular payment made to a retired person as the result of his or her contributions to a personal pension scheme 4. any regular payment made on charitable grounds, by way of patronage, or in recognition of merit, service, etc a pension paid to a disabled soldier verb 5. (transitive) to grant a pension to Derived forms pensionable (ˈpensionable) adjective pensionless (ˈpensionless) adjective Word origin C14: via Old French from Latin pēnsiō a payment, from pendere to payWord Frequency pension 2 French (pɑ̃sjɔ̃) noun (in France and some other countries) 1. a relatively cheap boarding house 2. another name for full board Word origin C17: French; extended meaning of pension grant; see pension1 |
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