Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Pension (v. t.) 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.
(2) - Pension (n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
(3) - Pension (n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
(4) - Pension (n.) 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.
(5) - Pension (n.) A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.

(1) - Pensionary (n.) One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
(2) - Pensionary (n.) One who receives a pension; a pensioner.
(3) - Pensionary (a.) Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.
(4) - Pensionary (a.) Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies.

(1) - Pensioner (n.) In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.
(2) - Pensioner (n.) One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
(3) - Pensioner (n.) One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.