as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
his grandfather's will provided him with an annuity of $5,000 a year to be used for school expenses
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Recent Examples of annuity
Those who take the annuity can also avoid the potential pitfall of watching their earnings evaporate through bad investments or other financial decisions.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Fixed index annuities provide return performance anchored to a market index, lowering the investor’s volatility risk and management fees.
—Aaron Cirksena, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, according to the Mega Millions website.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
Winners can take the cash payout or the $1.22 billion annuity paid out over 30 years.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Fixed index annuities provide return performance anchored to a market index, lowering the investor’s volatility risk and management fees.
—Aaron Cirksena, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, according to the Mega Millions website.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
Winners can take the cash payout or the $1.22 billion annuity paid out over 30 years.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuity
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But no other disabled retirees have been able to stay on the city’s insurance after losing the subsidy, her lawyers told the court.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Trump has also erroneously cast the U.S. trade deficit with Canada — a natural resource-rich nation that provides the U.S. with commodities like oil — as a subsidy.Jim Morris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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In 2024, the Village Board allocated $450,000 in business improvement grants of up to $100,000 per business, Glenview spokesman David Just said.Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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While average payments for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are not available, the maximum allotment will increase from $943 a month to $967.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The city instead gets most of its water from the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which draws water from the Owens Valley in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the Metropolitan Water District, which receives a large allotment from the Colorado River and Delta.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Annuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuity. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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