pension: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with P · ends with N
Meaning of pension
noun
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.
Example: Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- obsolete
A wage or fee.
- obsolete
A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
Listed forms: pensions.
Source: Wiktionary — pension.
verb
- transitive
To grant a pension to.
- transitive
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Listed forms: pensions, pensioning, pensioned.
Source: Wiktionary — pension.
noun
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
- obsolete
A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Listed forms: pensions.
Source: Wiktionary — pension.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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verb
grant a pension to
- pension off
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pension in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pension
P(3) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of pension
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from pension
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