The difference between Pension and Rent
When used as nouns, pension means 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, whereas rent means a payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
When used as verbs, pension means to grant a pension to, whereas rent means to occupy premises in exchange for rent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pension and Rent
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Pension as a noun:
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.
Examples:
"Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills."
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Pension as a noun:
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
Examples:
"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)."
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Pension as a noun (obsolete):
A wage or fee.
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Pension as a noun (obsolete):
A charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
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Pension as a noun:
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
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Pension as a noun (now, _, historical):
A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
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Pension as a noun (obsolete):
A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
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Pension as a verb (transitive):
To grant a pension to.
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Pension as a verb (transitive):
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
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Rent as a noun:
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
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Rent as a noun:
A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
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Rent as a noun (economics):
A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
Examples:
"A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent."
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Rent as a noun:
An object for which rent is charged or paid.
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Rent as a noun (obsolete):
Income; revenue.
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Rent as a verb (transitive):
To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
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Rent as a verb (transitive):
To grant occupation in return for rent.
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Rent as a verb (transitive):
To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
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Rent as a verb (intransitive):
To be leased or let for rent.
Examples:
"The house rents for five hundred dollars a month."
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Rent as a noun:
A tear or rip in some surface.
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Rent as a noun:
A division or schism.
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Rent as a verb: