Both Uses of
pension
in
Don Quixote
- "If I had been in the service of some grandee of Spain or personage of distinction," replied the youth, "I should have been safe to get it; for that is the advantage of serving good masters, that out of the servants' hall men come to be ancients or captains, or get a good pension.†
Chpt 2.23-24pension = a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to have an income without working
- "Take him to your government, Sancho," said the duchess, "and there you will be able to make as much of him as you like, and even release him from work and pension him off."†
Chpt 2.33-34 *
Definition:
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to have an income without working -- typically during retirement