viatical

vi·at·i·cal  (v-t-kl)

adj.

1. or vi·at·ic (v-tk) Of or relating to traveling, a road, or a way.

2. Of or relating to a contractual arrangement in which a business buys life insurance policies from terminally ill patients for a percentage of the face value: a viatical settlement.

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[From Latin viticus, relating to a journey, from via, road; see via. Sense 2, from viaticum.]

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Adj.

1.

viatical - pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders; "viatical business"; "viatical companies"; "National Viatical Association"