noun, feminine/pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/plural: pensions
a pension, regularly received payment; a pension, boarding house; a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools); board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)
“pension à taux plein” — full pension
Inherited from Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin pēnsiōnem (“payment, rent”), from pēnsus, the past participle of pendō (“weigh, pay”).