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TONTINE INSURANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tontine insurance mean?
• TONTINE INSURANCE (noun)
The noun TONTINE INSURANCE has 1 sense:
1. a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members
Familiarity information: TONTINE INSURANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
tontine; tontine insurance
Hypernyms ("tontine insurance" is a kind of...):
life assurance; life insurance (insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies)
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