PENSION

I. noun see: pendant Date: 14th century a fixed sum paid regularly to a person:, wage , a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a favor or reward, one paid under given conditions to a person following retirement from service or to surviving dependents, 2. \French, from Middle French] accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse ; room and board , a hotel or boardinghouse especially in continental Europe, ~less adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1702 to grant or pay a ~ to, to dismiss or retire from service with a ~