life annuity

noun Insurance.

any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.

Words nearby life annuity

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Example sentences from the Web for life annuity

  • He rewarded her with a life-annuity of three thousand francs.

    Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z |Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe

  • I would have sold my rentes; she should have had some of the principal, and I would have bought a life-annuity with the rest.

    Father Goriot |Honore de Balzac