| Main Entry: | death futures |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a term for a life insurance policy of a terminally ill person that is bought by a third party as an investment, which gives financial benefits to the ill person while alive and the investor upon the death; also called viatical investment |
| Usage: | US colloquial |
| Main Entry: | death futures |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See viatical statement |