pensĭo, ōnis, f. [pendo; lit., a weighing, weighing out; hence],
I A weight (only in Vitr.), Vitr. 10, 16; 10, 8.—
II Transf., a paying , payment , a term of payment (class.; cf.: stipendium, pretium): pendere poenas solvere significat, ab eo, quod aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant: unde etiam pensiones dictae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 208 Müll.: nihil debetur ei, nisi ex tertiā pensione, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1: prima, id. Fam. 6, 18, 5: altera tributi, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32. —Transf., sarcastically: etenim ista tua minime avara conjux, nimium debet diu populo Romano tertiam pensionem, i. e. her third marriage (after your death), Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—
B In partic.
1 A tax , impost (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39: vectigalium, id. Epit. 9.—
2 Rent of a house or land (post-Aug.): aedium pensio annua, Suet. Ner. 44; Juv. 9, 63; Dig. 33, 7, 18.—
3 Interest of money (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—
4 Compensation : jacturae, Petr. 136, 2.