annuity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.

/əˈn(j)uɪti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-annuity.wav

annuity annuities

From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). Cf. annuality.

perpetuity annual per annum perennial

annuitant annuitize life annuity retirement annuity contract retirement annuity plan

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