Pension



GRE 蓝宝 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 养老金, 退休金
• ［英］ n. 养老金, 退休金 ( a fixed sum paid regularly to aperson following retirement from service)
• ［记］ pens ( 挂, 引申为钱) ＋ion -> 养老金
• ［例］ The city raised taxes to maintain its employees' pensions.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pension-, pensio, from pendere to pay — more at pendant
• Date: 14th century
• 1. 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. \［French, from Middle French\］
  • a. accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse ; room and board
  • b. (also pensione) \［pensione, from Italian\］ a hotel or boardinghouse especially in continental Europe
• ? pensionless adjective

II. transitive verb (pensioned; pensioning)

• Date: 1702
• 1. to grant or pay a pension to
• 2. to dismiss or retire from service with a pension <pensioned off his faithful old servant>

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