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pension
What does pension mean?
pension (noun): a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “pension” mean?
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Not quite: that's what number means.
one selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision
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the period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future
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a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
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