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annuity
/əˈnuəti/ · 7 letters · 6 distinct letters
- noun
income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity
Word history
From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). Cf. annuality.
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- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
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- Used about 2 times in every million words.
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