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annuity

[uh-noo-i-tee, uh-nyoo-] / əˈnu ɪ ti, əˈnju- /






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The company said inflows in the period were largely driven by individual markets annuity sales and institutional flow business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Carvalho was paid $440,000 and also received an annual annuity payment of $50,000.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Total structured credit makes up about 13% of insurer holdings and while some life and annuity insurers hold very little, others hold significant concentrations of lower-rated structured debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The older you are when you buy the annuity, the bigger the payout.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Mollie’s parents were warned that if they didn’t comply, the government would withhold its annuity payments, leaving the family starving.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Unless your question specifically is about managing your job, what I need to know about are your sources of income: jobs, pensions, Social Security and annuities.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Today, insurers controlled by Apollo, KKR and other private-equity firms are big sellers of annuities, the retirement products that require upfront payments in exchange for income in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

It’s been widely recognized for years that people with longer life expectancies buy annuities.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

I tend to support increased access to annuities as part of a prudently selected menu of investments.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

There are also occasional references to “poor” nuns, without such annuities or dress-allowances, which suggest that the annuitants had personal disposal of their own money.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen




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