annuity
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ɪ noun, plural an·nu·i·ties.
1.
a specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient's life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment.
2.
the right to receive such an income, or the duty to make such a payment or payments.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuité, annualté < Medieval Latin annuitās, equivalent to Latin annu(us) yearly (derivative of annus year) + -itās -ity
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuité, annualté < Medieval Latin annuitās, equivalent to Latin annu(us) yearly (derivative of annus year) + -itās -ity
Related forms
su·per·an·nu·i·ty, noun, plural su·per·an·nu·i·ties.
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annuity (əˈnjuːɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | a fixed sum payable at specified intervals, esp annually, over a period, such as the recipient's life, or in perpetuity, in return for a premium paid either in instalments or in a single payment |
| 2. | the right to receive or the duty to pay such a sum |
| [C15: from French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus | |
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Word Origin & History
annuity
early 15c., "a yearly allowance," from O.Fr. annuité, from M.L. annuitatem (nom. annuitas), from L. annus "year" (see annual). Meaning "an investment that entitles one to equal annual payments" is from 1690s.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
annuity [(uh-nooh-uh-tee)]A sum of money payable yearly or at regular intervals.
Note: Many people's retirement funds are set up to be paid in annuities.
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Example sentences
Risks are few, if you buy a fixed-rate annuity from a top-rated insurance company.
The principal from the mortgages is distributed in a series of lump sum payments or an annuity.
So annuity rates or government bond yields are the appropriate measure for discounting liabilities.
SS was to be the annuity of old age, but now it's called a handout.
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