Dictionary
an•nu•i•ty
Pronunciation: (u-nOO'i-tē, u-nyOO'-), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ties.
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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.