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Dictionary  pen•sionPronunciation: (pen'shun; Fr. pän-syôn' for 3), [key] —n., pl. -sionsPronunciation: (-shunz; Fr. -syôn' for 3), [key] —v. —n. 1. a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension. 2. an allowance, annuity, or subsidy. 3. (in France and elsewhere in continental Europe) a. a boardinghouse or small hotel. b. room and board. —v.t. 1. to grant or pay a pension to. 2. to cause to retire on a pension (usually fol. by off). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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