( <英> 亦作state pension)
1- a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people养老金, 退休金; 抚恤金。
1.1
- a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed during their working life养老保险金。
1.2
- chiefly historical a regular payment made to a royal favourite or to an artist or scholar to enable them to carry on work which is of public interest or value〈主史〉（给皇室宠臣、艺术家或学者以便他们能从事公益工作的）津贴, 补助金。
with obj.(pension someone off)
- dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension（尤指因年龄或疾病而）发给养老金使退休; 发给退休金使退职：
he was pensioned off from the army at the end of the war.
战争结束时, 他被发给一笔退伍费后退役了。
派生词
pensionless
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'payment, tax, regular sum paid to retain allegiance'）： from Old French, from Latin pensio（n-） 'payment', from pendere 'to pay'. The current verb sense dates from the mid 19th cent.