PENSION (2)

pension (2). Pension, n. a settled yearly allowance, a salary

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Pen″sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pensioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pensioning.] 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.