mid-14c., "payment for services," especially "reward, payment out of a benefice" (early 14c., in Anglo-Latin), from Old French pension "payment, rent" (13c.) and directly from Latin pensionem (nominative pensio) "a payment, installment, rent," from past participle stem of pendere "pay, weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "regular payment in consideration of past service" first recorded 1520s. Meaning "boarding house, boarding school" first attested 1640s, from French, and usually in reference to places in France or elsewhere on the Continent.
pension (v.)
1640s, "to live in a pension," from pension (n.) or else from French pensionner. Meaning "to grant a pension" is from 1702. Related: Pensioned; pensioning.
例文
1. He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.
彼は毎週受け取る障害年金としての直接振替救済小切手で暮らしている。
2.He is moving ever closer to drawing his pension .
彼は年金を受け取ることになった。
3.The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men.
これまで、男性は退職金の平均などの政策の主な受益者だった。
4.Employees can contract out of their employer 's occupational pension scheme.
従業員は雇用主の職業年金プログラムから脱退することができます。/
5.One of the most important changes concerns the investment of pension contributions.