- an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- the annuity shared.
- the share of each subscriber.
- the number of subscribers.
- any of various forms of life insurance in which the chief beneficiaries are those whose policies are in force at the end of a specified period (tontine period ).
- an annuity scheme by which several subscribers accumulate and invest a common fund out of which they receive an annuity that increases as subscribers die until the last survivor takes the whole
- the subscribers to such a scheme collectively
- the share of each subscriber
- the common fund accumulated
- (as modifier)
- a system of mutual life assurance by which benefits are received by those participants who survive and maintain their policies throughout a stipulated period (the tontine period)
