Antonyms for annuity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-noo-i-tee, uh-nyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : əˈnu ɪ ti, əˈnyu-

Definition of annuity

Origin : early 15c., "a yearly allowance, grant payable in annual installments," from Anglo-French and Old French annuité (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin annuitatem (nominative annuitas), from Latin annus "year" (see annual (adj.)). Meaning "an investment that entitles one to equal annual payments" is from 1690s.

As in payment : noun fee; installment of fee
As in pension : noun benefits paid after retirement
As in revenue : noun income, profit
As in acquisition : noun something obtained, received
As in allowance : noun amount of money or other supply

Example sentences :

She compromised for an annuity of two hundred pounds, to be continued to her child.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

My money is an annuity, so that I cannot leave anything to my children.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

If the deceased had no claim upon you, why did you promise him an annuity?
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

If she had taken her annuity as usual, you would not have been here, and we should have been better off.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

It is only fair to tell you that I have no money but my annuity.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

This man enjoyed, by my uncle's will, an annuity of fifty pounds.
Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

On her 75th birthday Susan's girls had presented her with an annuity of $800 a year.
Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz

My kind master, at my request, granted me a lump sum in place of my annuity.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

He's got some kind of annuity from a New York life insurance company.
Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett

As a reward for his services in America, Parliament voted his wife an annuity of £500 for life.
Extract from : « Tea Leaves » by Various

Synonyms for annuity

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