Sinhala Dictionary definitions for pension
pension 🔊 /pɛˈnʃʌn/
pension : විශ්රාමිකය
pension : පැන්ෂන් පඩිය
pension : විශ්රාම වැටුප
pension : විශ්රාම වැටුම
pension : වෛශ්රාමිකය
pension definition
Noun.
- A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
- A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
- A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
- A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Transitive verb. 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.