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pension

v.
US //ˈpɛnʃən// pen·sion
  1. 1 to give a pension (v.)
    C1 Advanced Formal

    to give someone a regular payment so they can stop working.

    to grant a pension to an individual, often as a requirement for their retirement.

    Example

    The company decided to pension off the older staff to make room for new graduates.

    Example

    After forty years of loyal service, the clerk was finally pensioned off with a modest ceremony and a gold watch.

    Usage

    Commonly appears in the phrasal verb 'pension off'.

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.

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