n. [ F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend&unr_;re to hang. See Pendant, and cf. Spend. ] 1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The stomach's pension, and the time's expense. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; also, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all that kept the city pensions and wages. 1 Esd. iv. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes. [ Eng. ] Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F., pronounced ] A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Entitled to receive a pension; as, a pensionable employee. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pensionaries [ Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. Pensioner. ] 1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf. Pensionary, n. ] In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]