annuity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
    rente.
    • his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity

WordNet


An*nu"i*ty noun
Etymology
LL. annuitas, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annuité.
Wordforms
plural Annuities
Definitions
  1. A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

Webster 1913