annuities

plural of annuity
as in subsidies
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 annuities Other types of annuities could work as well, according to Warshawsky. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 29 July 2026 Savings, part‑time work or other income sources (like pensions or annuities) often need to play a role, too. Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Life insurance and annuities technology platform Zinnia selected Key Kiarie as its new chief financial officer. Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Mortgages, bonds, annuities, pensions, college savings plans, retirement accounts—the list goes on. Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026 Just 22% of California households are receiving retirement income, such as pensions, annuities or retirement account distributions, the analysis found. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 Non-qualified annuities Annuities can provide you with valuable retirement income, but not all annuities receive identical legal protections. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Before reaching retirement age, Americans need to understand how long their savings might last and how tools like annuities can turn an account balance into a predictable lifetime income stream. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2026
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Noun
  • The ultimate goal of a venture is not to master the art of grant writing, but to build a product or service so indispensable that external subsidies eventually become unnecessary.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The subsidies offset the average premium by $16 in 2026, according to the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
    Ali Swenson, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Since 2021, the organization has received at least $25 million in grants from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which disburses city, county and federal funds to address the region’s homelessness problem.
    Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As of July 7, 2026, GAO found that $110 billion in savings DOGE claimed from slashing federal contracts, leases and grants displayed savings estimates that were incorrect or lacked supporting evidence.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.
    Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

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“Annuities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuities. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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