Both Uses of
pension
in
The House of Mirth
- Now she was beginning to chafe at the obligations it imposed, to feel herself a mere pensioner on the splendour which had once seemed to belong to her.†
Chpt 1.3
- But dinginess is a quality which assumes all manner of disguises; and Lily soon found that it was as latent in the expensive routine of her aunt's life as in the makeshift existence of a continental pension.†
Chpt 1.3 *
Definition:
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(pension) a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to have an income without working -- typically during retirement