annuity
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.
the right to receive such an income, or the duty to make such a payment or payments.
Origin of annuity
1Other words from annuity
- su·per·an·nu·i·ty, noun, plural su·per·an·nu·i·ties.
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How to use annuity in a sentence
And a new 3.8 percent tax will be added to income from interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, and rents.
Their habits and condition have been, however, but little benefited by the use which they have made of their annuities.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftSums were borrowed at common interest and others as annuities, and heavy rates were levied.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire | John NoakeThat afternoon, accompanied by his secretary, he sold the annuities to a stock-broker and realized forty-six thousand francs.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Maurice LeblancBut they were told that the Great Father required them to do it, as a condition of receiving their annuities.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
The campaign being over, the Indians returned and received their annuities, and thus was the Spirit Lake affair passed over.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
British Dictionary definitions for annuity
/ (əˈnjuːɪtɪ) /
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
the right to receive or the duty to pay such a sum
Origin of annuity
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for annuity
[ (uh-nooh-uh-tee) ]
A sum of money payable yearly or at regular intervals.
Notes for annuity
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