pension

pension, retraite

Argent versé régulièrement à une personne qui a cessé de travailler à cause de son âge ou d’une maladie.

En anglais simple : Money paid regularly to someone who has stopped working because of age or illness.

• My grandfather receives a pension.
• She retired last year with a small pension.
• Will your pension cover your living costs?

Synonymes : retirement benefit

Expressions courantes : state pension, receive a pension, pension scheme, military pension

pension de famille

Petit hôtel, notamment en Europe, qui propose souvent des repas en plus de la chambre.

En anglais simple : A small hotel, especially in Europe, that often provides meals as well as a room.

• We stayed in a small pension.
• The pension served breakfast in the garden.
• They booked a room at a family pension near the lake.

Synonymes : guesthouse, boarding house

Expressions courantes : small pension, family pension, stay in a pension

pension

Somme payée pour une chambre et généralement les repas dans une maison ou un petit hôtel.

En anglais simple : Money paid for a room and usually meals in a house or small hotel.

• His weekly pension included breakfast.
• She paid the landlady her pension on Monday.
• The pension for lodging and meals used up his wages.

Synonymes : board, boarding fee

Expressions courantes : pay a pension, weekly pension, pension for lodging

mettre à la retraite

Faire quitter son emploi à quelqu’un en lui versant ensuite une pension régulière.

En anglais simple : To make someone leave their job and give them regular payments afterward.

• They decided to pension him off.
• Several older workers were pensioned off last year.
• The firm pensions employees off when they reach retirement age.

Comment l'utiliser : pension someone off (The company pensioned him off after thirty years.)

Synonymes : retire

Expressions courantes : pension someone off, pension off staff