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bounty
English
Etymology
From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonit?tem, accusative singular of bonit?s (“goodness; excellence; benevolence, kindness; friendly conduct; virtue”), from bonus (“good; honest; brave; noble; kind, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favour, revere”)) + -it?s (variant of -t?s (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ba?nti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ba?n(t)i/
- Rhymes: -a?nti
- Hyphenation: boun?ty
Noun
bounty (countable and uncountable, plural bounties)
- (uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
- Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounteousness, (all uncountable; the last obsolete) bountihood
- Antonyms: frugality, parsimony, sparingness, (all uncountable) stinginess
- (countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
- Synonyms: boon, gratuity
- (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
- (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
- (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
- (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
- (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- bounty (reward) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bounty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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pension
English
Etymology
From Middle English pension, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin p?nsi?, p?nsi?nem (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendere (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: p?n'sh?n, IPA(key): /?p?n?(?)n/
Noun
pension (plural pensions)
- An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]
- Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
- A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]
- A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not (John Irving).
- (obsolete) A wage or fee. [14th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. [14th-17th c.]
- A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- (now historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Synonyms
- (regularly paid gratuity): superannuation
- (boarding house): hotel, hostel, (informal) bed and breakfast, See Thesaurus: lodging place
- (payment for accommodations): rent
Hyponyms
- (UK retirement schemes): AVC, buyout policy, FSAVC, GPP, GSHP, GSIPP, personal pension, retirement annuity contract, S2P, SERPS, SIPP, SSAS, stakeholder pension
- (boarding house): bed-and-breakfast, half-pension, full-pension
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- (boarding house): inn, motel, hotel, board, half-board, full-board
Translations
Verb
pension (third-person singular simple present pensions, present participle pensioning, simple past and past participle pensioned)(transitive)
- (transitive) To grant a pension to.
- (transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
Synonyms
- (to force to retire): pension off
Derived terms
- pensionable
Translations
Anagrams
- nosepin
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French pension, itself from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pension n (plural pensions, diminutive pensionnetje n)
- A pension, boarding house
- A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments
- The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals
Derived terms
- pensionboerderij
- pensiongast m
- pensionhouder m
- half pension n
- vol pension n
Related terms
- pensionaat n
- pensionair m
- pensionaris m
Esperanto
Noun
pension
- accusative singular of pensio
French
Etymology
From Old French pension, panssion, borrowed from Latin p?nsi?, p?nsi?nem (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pend? (“weigh, pay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.sj??/
Noun
pension f (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)
Derived terms
- demi-pension
- fonds de pension
- pension alimentaire
- pensionner
- pensionnaire m
- pensionnat m
- pensionné m
- pension alimentaire
- pension d'état
- pension de retraite
- Greek: ??????? f (pansión, “pension”)
Further reading
- “pension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- épinons, peinons, pionnes
Old French
Noun
pension f (oblique plural pensions, nominative singular pension, nominative plural pensions)
- Alternative form of panssion
Romanian
Etymology
From French pension.
Noun
pension n (plural pensioane)
- boarding school
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pan??u?n/
Noun
pension c
- pension, retirement
- pension, periodic payments from a retirement fund
- pension, accommodation
Declension
Related terms
See also
- änkekassa
- pantertant
- passion
- pupillkassa
Anagrams
- pionens, spionen
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?nsi?, p?nsi?nem. Compare Italian pensione
Noun
pension f (invariable)
- pension
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