annuity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈn(j)uɪti/

• Audio (US):

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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
• life annuity
• retirement annuity contract
• retirement annuity plan

 

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)
• Catalan: pensió (ca) f, renda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 年金 (zh) (niánjīn)

• Czech: roční renta, anuita (cs) f
• Dutch: lijfrente (nl) f, lijfrenteverzekering f
• Esperanto: anuitato, rento (eo)
• Finnish: annuiteetti
• French: rente (fr) f, annuité (fr) m
• German: Annuität (de) f, Rente (de) f
• Hungarian: járadék (hu), évjáradék (hu), annuitás (hu)
• Indonesian: anuitas (id)
• Irish: anáid f (annual sum), blianacht f (savings plan)
• Italian: vitalizio (it) m, appannaggio (it) m, rendita (it) f
• Japanese: 年金 (ja) (ねんきん, nenkin)
• Khmer: ប្រាក់ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ (prakprɑɑcamcnŏəm)
• Korean: 연금 (ko) (yeon'geum)
• Latin: annuum n
• Malay: anuiti
• Maori: moni-ā-tau
• Middle English: pencioun
• 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: niên kim, niên khoản
• Welsh: blwydd-dâl m

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: annualità (it)