viatical

[vahy-at-i-kuhl, vee‐]

adjective

of or pertaining to a viaticum.

of or pertaining 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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viatical (vaɪˈætɪk^əl)

—*adj*
1.	of or denoting a road or a journey
2.	botany (of a plant) growing by the side of a road

[C19: from Latin viāticus belonging to a journey + -al¹]

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