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annuity

noun

  1. financial contract which provides an income stream in return for an initial payment with specific parameters
  2. series of payments made at equal intervals
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Pronunciation: /əˈn(j)uɪti/

noun

Etymology: From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). Cf. annuality.

  1. A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.