annuity

an·nu·i·ty  (-n-t, -ny-)

n. pl. an·nu·i·ties

1.

a. The annual payment of an allowance or income.

b. The right to receive this payment or the obligation to make this payment.

2. A contract or agreement by which one receives fixed payments on an investment for a lifetime or for a specified number of years.

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[Middle English annuite, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin annuits, from Latin annuus, yearly, from annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]

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annuity

Noun

pl -ties a fixed sum payable at specified intervals over a period [Latin annuus annual]

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annuity

an investment that bears a fixed return yearly, for a fixed period or for the life of the recipient.

See also: Finance

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

annuity - income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity" rente 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

Translations

annuity [əˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → renta or pensión f vitalicia

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annuity [əˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → rente f;

life annuity → rente viagère

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annuity [əˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → Rente f;

life annuity → Rente f auf Lebenszeit

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annuity [əˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → annualità f inv;

life annuity → vitalizio