Definition of pension

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Pension (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 pension off a servant..

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Armistice :: Armistice (n.) A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce..
Pension :: Pension (n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc..
Cable :: Cable (n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable..
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Apnoea :: Apnoea (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension..
Unifilar :: Unifilar (a.) Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment..
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..
Pensioning :: Pensioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pensio.
Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber..
Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification..
Rate :: Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing..
Pension :: Pension (n.) A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc..
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