The payment of an income stream starts immediately after the contract is concluded. Immediate annuities differ from deferred annuities.
An annuity that pays income as soon as the investment has been made.
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an annuity bought with a single premium, with payments to the annuitant to begin at the end of one payment period, as a month or a year. Cf. deferred annuity.