annuitantn.adj.
/əˈnjuːᵻt(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈn(j)uədənt/, /əˈn(j)uətnt/ A. n.
A person in receipt of regular annual payments under the terms of an annuity; a person who holds an annuity. Also figurative.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > recipient
receivera1382
perceivera1400
recipient1592
suscipient1611
receivant1623
annuitant1704
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > annuity > holder of
annuitant1704
1704 2nd Pt. Mod. Conveyancer Index sig. Zz6v Covenant from the Annuitant, that the Mortgager shall enjoy till Breach.
1720 J. Meres (title) The equity of parliaments, etc., in answer to the crisis of property, and addressed to the annuitants.
1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 209 Annuitants of Fame, they took no care How ill their beggar'd successors might fare.
1823 C. Lamb South-sea House in Elia 1 A lean annuitant like myself.
1909 Fuel 3 Aug. 396/2 In the event of the annuitant's dying, say at 50, his heirs receive $1,215.
2010 B. R. Hopkins Law of Tax-exempt Organizations v. xx. 529 Annuity payments made in exchange for a gift of property are not a form of private inurement to the annuitants.
B. adj.
In attributive use. Of or relating to annuities; (of a person) that receives an annuity.
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?1771 (title) The Public Annuitant Society, calculated to produce a fund to support the surviving members: on a new plan.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors xxxv He described his country's male venerables as being distinguishable from annuitant spinsters only in presenting themselves forked.
1908 J. Healy Hist. Diocese Meath II. xxxix. 214 Every parish was required to subscribe whether it had an annuitant clergyman or not.
1996 W. H. Aitken Problem-solving Approach to Pension Funding & Valuation vi. 309 A uniform percentage reduction in the assumed rates of mortality will increase both early retirement benefits and contingent annuitant benefits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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