n.
Pronunciation: ' pen(t)-sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pension-, pensio, from pendere to pay ― more at PENDANT
Date: 14th century
1 \ ' pen(t)-sh ə n \ : a fixed sum paid regularly to a person: a archaic : WAGE b : a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a favor or reward c : one paid under given conditions to a person following retirement from service or to surviving dependents
2 \ pä n s- ' y ō n \ [French, from Middle French] a : accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse : ROOM AND BOARD b also pen · sio · ne \ pen(t)- ' sy ō -( ˌ )n ā \ [ pensione, from Italian] : a hotel or boardinghouse especially in continental Europe
– pen · sion · less \ ' pen(t)-sh ə n-l ə s \ adjective