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pension

/pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/ noun C2
  1. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.

Plural pensions

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His pension was due.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 79 · B2
But so aloof is he from general suspicion, so immune from criticism, so admirable in his management and self-effacement, that for those very words that you have uttered he could hale you to a court and emerge with your year’s pension as a solatium for his wounded character.
The Valley of Fear, p. 2 · C1
“How long must you have served to claim the pension?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 648 · C1
“And how much is the pension?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 648 · C1

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