annuity

== English == === Etymology === From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). Cf. annuality. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈn(j)uɪti/ === Noun === annuity (plural annuities) (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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== perpetuity ==== Translations ====