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
For pre-retirees evaluating approaches like bond ladders, bucket strategies, or annuities, this framework is a reminder that no single product or asset class is a silver bullet.
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Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Life insurers pay out more than $10 billion annually in life insurance and annuity benefits to Illinois families.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Another option is buying a qualified longevity annuity contract, or QLAC.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Winner takes home millions of dollars Duran had the choice of a $400,000 annuity over 20 years and a $4.8 million lump sum.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Life insurers pay out more than $10 billion annually in life insurance and annuity benefits to Illinois families.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Another option is buying a qualified longevity annuity contract, or QLAC.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Winner takes home millions of dollars Duran had the choice of a $400,000 annuity over 20 years and a $4.8 million lump sum.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuity
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And then the Chinese government used the conversion to pure EVs to end subsidies, to change the level playing field, to tilt it in the local OEMs’ favor.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stadiums are notorious for their lack of multiplier impact, which is one reason these days why sports team owners, such as the McCaskey family that controls the Bears, have such a hard time hoodwinking governments into giving them direct subsidies to build their stadiums.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Fans who registered for the first drop of tickets but did not receive a time slot and fans who did not buy their maximum 12 general ticket allotment will automatically be entered into the random lottery Drop 2.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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In this allotment of tax credits, animation emerged as major participants as the production category became eligible for the first time in the program’s history.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Annuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuity. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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