viatical

[ vahy-at-i-kuhl, vee‐ ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to a viaticum.

  2. of or relating to a financial transaction in which a company buys life insurance policies from the terminally ill at less than their face value and may sell the policies to investors: viatical settlements.

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British Dictionary definitions for viatical

viatical

/ (vaɪˈætɪkəl) /


adjective
  1. of or denoting a road or a journey

  2. botany (of a plant) growing by the side of a road

Origin of viatical

1
C19: from Latin viāticus belonging to a journey + -al 1

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