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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitas, from Latin annuus; ANNUAL1

annuity

 noun
     
Related topics: Finance
an‧nu‧i‧ty plural annuities [countable]
BF a fixed amount of money that is paid each year to someone, usually until they die
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