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  2. Pension (lodging) - Wikipedia

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    A pension (UK: / ˈ p ɒ̃ s j ɒ̃ /, US: / p ɒ n ˈ s j oʊ n /; [1] French: [pɑ̃sjɔ̃] ⓘ) [2] is a type of guest house or boarding house. This term is typically used in Continental European countries, in areas of North Africa and the Middle East that formerly had large European expatriate populations, and in some parts of South America ...

  3. Pension hotel - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines a pension hotel is somewhat different from pension lodging. A pension hotel is usually not a boarding house, but is a real hotel. A pension hotel provides rooms with no or few amenities. They usually have private bathrooms with showers. A pension hotel usually has a window air conditioning unit, but the hallways and other ...

  4. Tontine - Wikipedia

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    Tontine Hotel sign, Ironbridge, Shropshire, UK A tontine (/ ˈ t ɒ n t aɪ n,-iː n, ˌ t ɒ n ˈ t iː n /) is an investment linked to a living person which provides an income for as long as that person is alive.

  5. Boarding house - Wikipedia

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    One of the last remaining textile mill boarding houses in Lowell, Massachusetts, on right; part of the Lowell National Historical Park. A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms on a nightly basis and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, or years.

  6. Gasthaus - Wikipedia

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    A Gasthaus (also called Gasthof, Landhaus, or Pension) is a German-style inn or tavern with a bar, a restaurant, banquet facilities and hotel rooms for rent. [1] Gasthäuser are typically found in smaller towns and are often family-owned. It is common for three generations of a family to work together in such an establishment, and many have ...

  7. Room and board - Wikipedia

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    A dorm room at Endicott College, Massachusetts, USA. Room and board is a phrase describing a situation in which, in exchange for money, labour or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals.

  8. Pension - Wikipedia

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    A pension (/ ˈ p ɛ n ʃ ən /; from Latin pensiō ' payment ') is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be: a "defined benefit plan", where defined periodic payments are made in retirement. The ...

  9. Guest house - Wikipedia

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    Generally, there are two variations of paying guest house: . Home converted guest house; Professionally run guest house with all necessary amenities and staff; In the first version of the guest house, the guests get to live with a family where they get shelter and food (bed and breakfast) only, and for the rest of the jobs like washing clothes and utensils, cleaning of room or area around ...