One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pensioning — n. allocating, allotting pen·sion || penʃən n. financial benefit paid after a person has stopped working; boarding house; allowance, stipend v. grant a pension, give a regular payment to someone who cannot work due to old age or disability … English contemporary dictionary
Pension — Pen sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] 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. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pensioned — Pension Pen sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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