annuity (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *annuity*:
NOUN	possession	annuity, rente	income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments

annuity > pronunciation
Sounds	ahnuw'ahtiy; ahnuw'ihtiy; ahnyuw'ihtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *annuity*: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaning	income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
Example	"his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"
Synonym	rente
Narrower	annuity in advance	An annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods
	ordinary annuity	An annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the end of equally spaced periods
	reversionary annuity, survivorship annuity	An annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it
	tontine	An annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants
Broader	regular payment	A payment made at regular times
Spanish	anualidad
Catalan	anualitat

HyperDic: annuity