| 单词 | annuity |
| 释义 | annuity /euh nooh"i tee, euh nyooh"-/, n. , pl. annuities. 1. a specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient's life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment. 2. the right to receive such an income, or the duty to make such a payment or payments. [1400-50; late ME < AF annuité, annualté < ML annuitas, equiv. to L annu(us) yearly (deriv. of annus year) + -itas -ITY] |
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