pension

To grant a pension to: as, to pension soldiers; to pension an old servant.

To lodge; be boarded. Compare pension, n.

A payment; a sum paid; expenditure; specifically, in the English inns of court, a small annual charge (5s. 4d.) upon each member.

A stated payment to a person in consideration of the past services of himself or of some kinsman or ancestor; periodical payment made to a person retired from service on account of age or other disability; especially, a yearly sum granted by a government to retired public officers, to soldiers or sailors who have served a certain number of years or have been wounded, to the families of soldiers or sailors killed or disabled, or to meritorious authors, artists, and others.

In English ecclesiastical law, a sum of money paid to a clergyman or church in lieu of tithes.

An assembly of the members or benchers of Gray’s Inn to consult about the affairs of the society; also, a similar assembly in Barnard’s Inn. Also spelled pention.

(F. pron. poṅ-sioṅ′ ). A boarding-house or a boarding-school, especially on the Continent.

To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; — sometimes followed by off.

A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.

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.