(n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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