pensão — meaning in English
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Senses
pensão is used for these senses in English:
- alimony (legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- boarding house A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.
- pension A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
- pension (finance) An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]
pension — full definition
- noun A regular payment made to someone after they retire, based on their years of work.
- verb To pay someone a pension, or to force them into retirement with one.
- noun A small guesthouse or hotel, especially in Continental Europe, offering rooms and meals.
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