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What does pension mean?

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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. [from 16th c.]
  2. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
  5. (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
  6. (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Verb
  1. To grant a pension
  2. To force someone to retire on a pension.
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