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Synonyms of pension
an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works
- Her pension arrives in the mail every month.
- retired people living on their pensions
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for pension
- bonus,
- cumshaw,
- dividend,
- donative,
- extra,
- gratuity,
- gravy,
- gravy train,
- lagniappe,
- perk,
- perquisite,
- throw-in,
- tip
- benefaction,
- beneficence,
- benevolence,
- bounty,
- charity,
- generosity,
- largesse
- (also largess),
- philanthropy
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Time Traveler for pension
The first known use of pension was in the 14th century
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