annuitant

American  

[uh-noo-i-tnt, uh-nyoo-] / əˈnu ɪ tnt, əˈnyu- /

noun

1. a person who receives an annuity.

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annuitant British  

/ əˈnjuːɪtənt /

noun

1. a person in receipt of or entitled to an annuity

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Etymology

Origin of annuitant

First recorded in 1710–20; annuit(y) + -ant

Example Sentences

After retiring from the Department of General Services in the 1980s, Lee worked as a retired annuitant until last year, meaning she was rehired onto the payroll as a part-time worker while drawing retirement benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

So does this annuitant have the ability to sell these payments?”

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

Under the old rule, the yearly payment was taxable up to 3% of the total cost, and when the annuitant had recovered the cost taxfree, the entire payment became taxable.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real people in economic need today are not the union members, says Odiorne, but the "farm laborer, the service employee, the lower level of white-collar worker, the retired annuitant."

From Time Magazine Archive

Every line traced by the "lean annuitant" was as familiar to Tom Folio as if he had written it himself.

From Ponkapog Papers by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey