tontine 的定义
- an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- the annuity shared.
- the share of each subscriber.
- the number of subscribers.
- any of various forms of life insurance in which the chief beneficiaries are those whose policies are in force at the end of a specified period .
tontine 近义词
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tontine 的近义词 4 个
更多tontine例句
- The last of the celebrated coffee houses of New York bore the name, Tontine coffee house.
- Today the site is occupied by a large modern office building, which still retains the name of Tontine.
- The changing of the Tontine coffee house into a purely mercantile building marked the end of the coffee-house era in New York.
- Tontine insurance is profitable to the few in just the proportion that misfortune shall overtake those who participate in it.
- Still, some companies are making Tontine and Semi-Tontine insurance their specialty.