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viatical

[ vahy-at-i-kuhl, vee‑ ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a viaticum.
  2. of or relating to a financial transaction in which a company buys life insurance policies from the terminally ill at less than their face value and may sell the policies to investors:

    viatical settlements.

viatical

/ vaɪˈætɪkəl /

adjective

  1. of or denoting a road or a journey
  2. botany (of a plant) growing by the side of a road
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of viatical1

C19: from Latin viāticus belonging to a journey + -al 1

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