As a noun, a pension is money paid regularly to someone who has retired from work, usually by the government or a former employer. As a verb, “to pension off” means to retire someone and start paying them this money.
“Pension” comes from Old French *pension*, meaning “payment” or “rent,” from Latin *pensio*, “a weighing, payment,” from *pendere*, “to weigh, to pay.” It originally referred to various kinds of regular payments.
Try Another Word