| Noun | 1. | rente - income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"regular payment - a payment made at regular times annuity in advance - an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods; "rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord" 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; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant |