ANNUITY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for ANNUITY, such as:

1. Investors should consider putting some money into an annuity.
2. 'David had bought an annuity for himself with his money, I know,' said she, by and by.
3. He had reserved from his annuity his family papers, his library, composed of five thousand volumes, and his famous breviary.
4. The calculations of various life assurance and annuity offices, among other figures which cannot go wrong, have established the fact.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANNUITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
annuity
 n.  annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
Classic Sentence:
1  Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
2  An annuity is a very serious business; it comes over and over every year, and there is no getting rid of it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
3  'David had bought an annuity for himself with his money, I know,' said she, by and by.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
4  I had often heard him complain of the disproportion of his rank with his fortune; and I advised him to invest all he had in an annuity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
5  He had reserved from his annuity his family papers, his library, composed of five thousand volumes, and his famous breviary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
6  The calculations of various life assurance and annuity offices, among other figures which cannot go wrong, have established the fact.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
7  Gillenormand found himself a widower, there remained to him just sufficient to live on, by sinking nearly the whole of it in an annuity of fifteen thousand francs, three-quarters of which would expire with him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE
Example Sentence:
1  The annuity he setup with the insurance company supplements his social security benefits so that he can live very comfortably without working.
2  Investors should consider putting some money into an annuity.