HOW TO PRONOUNCE
annuity
/əˈnuəti/
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Stress NOO.
Use four syllables, starting with a light uh. Some pronunciations add y before oo.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The brochure describes an annuity option.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does annuity mean?
noun
- 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.
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/əˈnuəti/
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So true is this, that there is not a bill of sale, not a farm lease, not an annuity, but implies it.
Tiring of her after a time--Sophie, it is probable, became exigeant with increased comfort--her protector left her with an annuity of L50.
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He planned the murder of William the Silent, and rewarded the assassin with an annuity furnished by the revenues of the victim's confiscated estates.
Thus the Government is empowered to give an annuity for a certain number of years in ex- change for permanent stock in the Funds.
In return for the capital which they advanced, they obtained, indeed, an annuity of the public funds, in most cases, of more than equal value.