annuity

annuity

English

Etymology

From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈn(j)uɪti/

Noun

annuity (plural annuities)

1. (insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.

Derived terms

• annuitant
• annuitize

Related terms

• perpetuity

• annual
• per annum
• perennial

 

Translations

right to receive amounts of money regularly

Armenian: Old Armenian: եկամուտ (ekamut), հաս (has) Bulgarian: годишна рента (godišna renta) Chinese: Mandarin: 年金 (zh) (niánjīn) Dutch: lijfrente (nl) f, lijfrenteverzekering f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: annuiteetti French: rente (fr) f, annuité (fr) m Hungarian: járadék (hu), évjáradék (hu), annuitás Interlingue: annuitá Irish: anáid f (annual sum), blianacht f (savings plan) Italian: vitalizio (it) m, appannaggio m, rendita (it) f

Japanese: 年金 (ja) (ねんきん, nenkin) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Latin: annuum n Maori: moni-ā-tau Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: anuidade f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ануѝте̄т m Roman: anuìtēt (sh) m Spanish: anualidad (es) f Thai: เงินปี (ngən-bpii) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Interlingue: (please verify) annuitá

Italian: annualità (it)