Pension — Defs

01 n. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.

1.
A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.[Obs.]
“The stomach's pension, and the time's expense.” — Sylvester.
2.
A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; also, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
“To all that kept the city pensions and wages.” — 1 Esd. iv. 56.
3.
A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.[Eng.]
4.
A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

02 v. t. To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pen…

imp. & p. p. Pensioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pensioning

1.
To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
“One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles.” — Pope.