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variable annuity

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annuity

annuity pl: -ities [Medieval Latin annuitas, from Latin annuus yearly] 1 : an amount payable at regular intervals (as yearly or quarterly) for a certain or uncertain period 2 : the grant of or the right to receive an annuity [his will included annuities for several old friends] 3 : a contract (as with an insurance company) under which one or more persons receive annuities in return for prior fixed payments made by themselves or another (as an employer) annuity cer·tain pl: annuities certain : an annuity payable over a specified period even if the annuitant dies annuity due pl: annuities due : an immediate annuity in which the payment of the benefits is made at the beginning of each payment interval rather than at the end contingent annuity : an annuity whose starting or ending date depends on the occurrence of an event (as the death of the annuitant) whose date is uncertain con·ven·tion·al annuity : an annuity under which the annuitant receives a specified...


life insurance

life insurance : insurance providing for the payment of money to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the insured see also endowment insurance ordinary life insurance : whole life insurance in this entry straight life insurance : whole life insurance in this entry term life insurance : life insurance that provides coverage for a set term and does not accumulate cash surrender value universal life insurance : life insurance characterized by flexible premiums, benefits, and payment schedules, by the indexing of cash value to money market interest rates, and by the periodic reporting of current value and company costs charged to the account universal variable life insurance : variable universal life insurance in this entry variable life insurance : life insurance in which all or part of the cash value of the policy is located in a tax-deferred investment portfolio with risk assumed by the insured for investment losses compare variable annuity at annuity variable univer...


Annuity

Annuity, in order to constitute an annuity, the payment to be made periodically should be a fixed or predetermined one, and it should not be liable to any variation depending upon or on any ground relating to the general income of the fund or estate which is charged for such payment, CWT v. P. K. Banerjee, (1981) 1 SCC 63 (75): AIR 1981 SC 401. [Wealth-Tax Act, 1957, s. 2(e)(1)(iv)]It is a right to receive a specified sum and not an aliquot share in the income arising from any fund or property. Ordinarily an annuity is a money payment of a fixed sum annually made and is a charge personally on the grantor, CWT v. Arundhati Balkrishna, (1970) 1 SCC 561 (565): AIR 1971 SC 915. [Wealth Tax Act, 1957, s. 2(e)(iv)]An annuity is a fixed sum payable annually either in perpetuity or for any less period. When charged upon land either freehold or leasehold both, exclusively of purely personal estate, it is strictly a rent charge; see (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c....


Government annuities

Government annuities. By 27 & 28 Vict c. 43, and 45 & 46 Vict. c. 51, the Government Annuities Acts, 1864 and 1882, and other 'Government Annuities Acts,' facilities are afforded for the purchase of such annuities, and for assuring payments of money on death, the latter Act allowing the purchase of an annuity of any amount not exceeding 100l. a year, the limit under the Act of 1864 having been 50l. a year. At the present time life annuities are granted from the National Debt offices without any limit on the amount, or through the Post Office or trustee savings banks up to 330l. a year.The Government Annuities Act, 1929 (c.29), con-solidates with amendments the former Acts. See ANNUITIES....


predictive variables

predictive variables The variables that are part of the formula comprising elements of a credit-scoring model. These variables are used to predict a borrower's future credit performance. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


joint and survivorship annuity

joint and survivorship annuity : joint-and-survivor annuity at annuity ...


joint annuity

joint annuity : joint life annuity at annuity ...


joint life and survivorship annuity

joint life and survivorship annuity : joint-and-survivor annuity at annuity ...


joint-and-last-survivor annuity

joint-and-last-survivor annuity : joint-and-survivor annuity at annuity ...


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