Look up: annuity

1. Annuity
   A regular periodic payment made by an insurance company to a policyholder for a specified period of time.
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2. Annuity
   Is an insurance product which comes in two basic forms: fixed and variable. The fixed version can make a lump sum or periodic lifetime payments to the annuitant. The variable version has a separate account attached to the annuity contract. This type of contract is considered a security because it is...
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3. Annuity
   An arrangement under which periodic payments are made to a person in return for the investment of a lump sum, usually for the purpose of providing retirement income.
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4. Annuity
   A series of equal payments or receipts occurring over a specified number of periods. In an ordinary annuity, payments or receipts occur at the end of each period; in an annuity due, payments or receipts occur at the beginning of each period.
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5. Annuity
   A type of contract where an agreed amount is paid yearly for life or an agreed shorter period.
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6. annuity
   An income guaranteed for life paid in return for handing over a lump sum. An annuity is bought at retirement by holders of most personal pension plans and members of money-purchase company schemes.
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7. annuity
   A life insurance policy where an insurance company pays an income stream to an individual, usually until death, in exchange for the payment of a lump sum. Commonly used at retirement when lifetime savings are converted into an income. At death, there is usually no payment to the estate, although man...
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8. Annuity
   An annual allowance. Normally paid in the form of a pension.
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9. annuity
   [n] - income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
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10. Annuity
    A person who receives an annuity is called the annuitant. The annuitant pays a lump sum to the life insurance company in return for a regular income. If this money is from the annuitant's own funds, it is called a purchase life annuity. If the money is from a maturing pension fund, it is called a co...
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11. Annuity
    An income-producing investment bought from an insurance company, which pays a guaranteed annual income throughout your lifetime. Annuities are usually bought with the proceeds of a pension fund.
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12. Annuity
    The payment of a regular income by a life company to an annuitant in exchange for a lump sum... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/annuity.htm?id=61&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of annuity'>more</a>
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13. Annuity
    A regular income until the death purchased from a life insurance company for a lump sum....more on Annuity
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14. annuity
    Another word for 'pension'. An annuity is a regular payment from an insurance company designed to give the policyholder an income for life after retirement. It is paid for by a lump sum saved during the policyholder's working lifetime. Annuity rates are based on yields on gilt-edged securities at th...
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15. annuity
    a regular periodic payment made by an insurance company to a policyholder for a specified period of time Category: Insurance
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16. annuity
    The provision of a guaranteed income for life in return for a lump sum payment. Often bought with a pension fund on retirement. Annuity rates are linked to yields on gilt-edge securities.
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17. Annuity
    A sum of money which is payable regularly. You can pay a lump sum to an insurance company to buy an annuity. The insurance company pays you an income, usually for the rest of your life. The amount of income is fixed at outset. You cannot usually get your lump sum back. Pensions from retirement annui...
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18. annuity
    A sum of money which is payable regularly. You can pay a lump sum to an insurance company to buy an annuity. The insurance company pays you an income, usually for the rest of your life. The amount of income is fixed at the outset. You cannot usually get your lump sum back. Pensions from retirement a...
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19. Annuity
    An·nu'i·ty noun ; plural Annuities [ Late Latin annuitas , from Latin annus year: confer French annuité .] A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
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20. annuity
    noun income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; `his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity`
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21. Annuity
    A regular periodic payment made by an insurance company to a policyholder for a specified period of time.
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22. Annuity
    • (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
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23. annuity
    in the most literal sense, a payment made yearly, as, for example, under a contract to provide retirement income. The term is also applied to any ... [1 related articles]
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24. Annuity
    Contract between an individual and an insurance company, providing lifetime income to the person on whose life the contract is based in return for either a lump-sum or periodic payment to the insurance company. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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25. ANNUITY
    A life insurance product that pays periodic income benefits for a specific period of time or over the course of the annuitant's lifetime. There are two basic types of annuities: deferred and immediate: Deferred annuities allow assets to grow tax deferred over time before being converted to payments ...
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